Ciudad Juárez cobalt-60 contamination incident
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Ciudad Juárez cobalt-60 contamination incident
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A radioactive contamination incident occurred in 1984 in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, originating from a radiation therapy unit purchased by a private medical company and subsequently dismantled for lack of personnel to operate it. The radioactive material, cobalt-60, ended up in a junkyard, where it was sold to foundries that inadvertently melted it with other metals and produced about 6,000 tons of contaminated rebar. These were distributed in 17 Mexican states and several cities in the United State
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1984 Mexican radiation incident
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez_cobalt-60_contamination_incident
date created:
2022-02-05T09:56:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T16:59:21Z
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