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A radiographic digital camera containing radioactive materials has gone lacking in Houston, Texas, officers stated Saturday.
The 53-pound digital camera – which is often used within the development trade – went lacking on March 9 and was final seen on Little York Highway in Houston, the Texas Division of State Well being Companies stated in a information launch.
Statewide Upkeep Firm, the corporate that owns the digital camera, is actively trying to find it and has provided a reward for its return, officers stated.
The system’s radioactive materials is sealed in a number of layers of safety and the chance of publicity is “very low,” Texas officers stated. The radioactive materials is sealed inside a capsule, which is in flip sealed contained in the digital camera with protecting shielding and different security options.
“Ranges of radiation outdoors the digital camera, itself, should not harmful,” the discharge stated.
Industrial radiography cameras might use a really excessive exercise gamma radiation supply and are generally used to examine the integrity of ships, pipes and different small areas, in accordance with the Nationwide Nuclear Safety Administration.
Anybody who finds the digital camera – which has radiation markings on it – shouldn’t open it and as a substitute name 9-1-1 or the DSHS 24-hour cellphone line to report its location, Texas officers stated.