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re: Radioactive material missing at Texas A&M

Posted on 9/1/15 at 11:44 am to
Posted by outlawjoseywales
Memphis, TN
Member since Sep 2012
1835 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 11:44 am to
Who sends radioactive material via FedEx?!?!?! Obviously TAMU
Posted by Jacknola
New Orleans
Member since May 2013
4366 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 11:45 am to
I guess the issue is too obscure for some of the Aggies here who want to blame it on FeEx, Arkansas, Minnesota, the tooth fairy (a well-known Aggie grad), or claim it never got to the campus.

The root (down aggie! down I say!) issue is "what group in Aggieland orders radioactive material to be delivered in a plain, brown, unmarked, card-board box?" And for what purpose?
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
23879 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 11:46 am to
quote:

Someone Check Speedy Noil's trunk.



What's in the Trunk?
This post was edited on 9/1/15 at 11:50 am
Posted by BadAgg7
Member since Aug 2015
1717 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 11:49 am to
probably not the first time radioactive material has been shipped.

they have rules and protocol for this type of thing.

SOP is SNAFU.

i would, however, rule out the pony express.
Posted by p_bubel
San Antonio
Member since Jan 2014
463 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 11:59 am to
quote:

what group in Aggieland orders radioactive material to be delivered in a plain, brown, unmarked, card-board box?" And for what purpose?


I'm positive it's just some low level shite and shipping it FedEx happens all the time.

Y'all do know that we have a small nuke plant on campus, right? If we wanted the real stuff it's right there near the airport.
Posted by EKG
Houston, TX
Member since Jun 2010
43990 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 12:03 pm to
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This post was edited on 9/1/15 at 12:24 pm
Posted by Arksulli
Fayetteville
Member since Aug 2014
25176 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 12:39 pm to
Cute, but dumb. We've got all the radioactive material we could want here at both the U of A and our nuclear power plant. Points for trying though.
Posted by p_bubel
San Antonio
Member since Jan 2014
463 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 12:43 pm to
Did they check the mall?

Posted by Rig
BHM
Member since Aug 2011
41856 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 12:55 pm to
quote:

medium-sized cardboard box, weighing about 27 pounds
That really narrows it down a good bit!
Posted by LSU1NSEC
Member since Sep 2007
17243 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 1:00 pm to
how many aggies does it take to deliver a package of radioactive material?


jus askin
Posted by EKG
Houston, TX
Member since Jun 2010
43990 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 1:08 pm to
Aggies didn't deliver it.
That's the problem.
Had we done so, the material would've be in sacred hands long ago and a pristine statue would be in place, borne of Aggieland's newest mail delivery tradition.

Posted by SwizzleSticks
South Skokie
Member since Aug 2015
49 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 1:57 pm to
So after saying this...

quote:

Texas A&M University has been working with Federal Express to locate a missing package that was shipped to — but we are confident was not received by - the Texas A&M Radiation Safety Office


Guess where it was found...

quote:

Texas A&M University has located the radioactive source package that was missing. It was found in one of our secure hazardous material storage facilities
Posted by BadAgg7
Member since Aug 2015
1717 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 2:04 pm to
probably a work study slackin off in the warehouse.
Posted by 870Hog
99999 posts
Member since Jul 2011
16189 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 2:05 pm to
quote:

chizhead


The obsession is real.
Posted by nerd guy
Grapevine
Member since Dec 2008
12701 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 2:28 pm to
quote:

probably not the first time radioactive material has been shipped.



Yea we have radionuclides shipped to our lab all the time. And sometimes they just end up missing...i mean delayed.
Posted by LSU82BILL
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Member since Sep 2006
10311 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 2:36 pm to
quote:

LSU should be worried.

Be safe Tigers. Be wary of nervous homos holding a clock with wires wearing maroon.


Florida and Texas A&M fans should be wary of a 230 lb. package that wears #7.



Posted by FishFearMe
United States
Member since Jul 2015
7196 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 2:37 pm to
Probably no worries.

Texas Aggies manufacturer large amounts of radioactive isotopes which often have a half life of maybe 48 hours for use in industries all over the country.

So the radioactivity level decays very rapidly.

Posted by flyAU
Scottsdale
Member since Dec 2010
24848 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 2:44 pm to
Posted by geauxnavybeatbama
Member since Jul 2013
25134 posts
Posted on 9/1/15 at 2:48 pm to
Texas A&M recruits Iranians
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