Halliburton delays telling gov. about missing radioactive material

[donsu]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/02/10/halliburton_delays_telling_government_about_missing_radioactive_material_1108078976/


A Halliburton Co. shipment of radioactive material went missing in October but the company didn't alert government authorities until this week, Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials said Thursday.

The material -- two sources of the element americium, used in oil well exploration -- was found intact Wednesday in Boston after an intense search by federal authorities. NRC and Halliburton officials say the public never was in danger.

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The americium was being shipped from Russia to Houston, according to a report filed with the NRC by Halliburton. She said Halliburton contacted the shipping company "multiple times" about the shipment and was told it was en route to Houston. She declined to identify the company on grounds that Halliburton did not want its shipments targeted.

Hall said the material was encased in a double-walled stainless steel cylinder, locked in a steel transport container designed to protect workers.
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so where was it all that time?

will Halliburton be fined for not telling?

[thecrow]

1. I feel so much safer now.....

I wonder... was this somehow tied to the fake Boston terra alert?
They were saying that it was a nuclear issue, but posted pictures of terraists that had been in custody for months...

Why does Halliburton hate America?