Whoops-Haliburton Loses Nukes

February 12, 2005 B. John 111 Views

Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Neil Sheehan receives this weeks award for the most obvious observation, when he explained that Halliburton’s four-month delay in reporting the loss of nuclear material "did not comply with notification requirements." It seems that a 185-pound container of radioactive equipment – the kind of material used in dirty bombs – which was imported by Halliburton Energy Services turned up unexpectedly this week at a shipping facility in Chelsea, MA. The problem: the shipment was falsely registered as having arrived in Newark, NJ, four months ago, and Halliburton only reported the missing container last Tuesday.

B. John

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