The Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) has alerted the theft of a suitcase and a yellow box with radioactive material in a work in Vilanova del Valles (Barcelona), specifying that can be dangerous if they are opened or are destroyed.
The agency explained that the material removed "no radiation hazards while maintaining full and closed" because the sources of radioactive cesium-137 and -241/Berilio- are of low activity and are "protected and encapsulated. "
The theft of equipment, used to measure the density and moisture from the ground and is owned by the company in Madrid and Geotechnical Foundation SA (GEOCISA) has been produced in a laboratory workforce located at the junction of highways 502 and BP-BV-5150.
However, the CSN has asked anyone who finds the stolen equipment, properly identified with the clover and black legend '' non-touch and alert "immediately" to the authorities, the security forces or Emergency service.
The Autonomousd'Esquadra have explained that already are investigating the robbery and they believe the thieves did not seek radioactive materials, but they took them without knowing what it was and yet be properly identified with the clover and black legend "radioactive" .
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