Cobalt-60

On the day the Islamic State overran the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014, it laid claim to one of the greatest weapons bonanzas ever to fall to a terrorist group: a large metropolis dotted with military bases and garrisons stocked with guns, bombs, rockets and even battle tanks.

The UN atomic agency said Wednesday that thieves in Mexico have stolen a truck transporting a piece of medical machinery containing an "extremely dangerous" radioactive material known as cobalt-60.

Delhi Police has filed a chargesheet against six Delhi University teachers in the Mayapuri radiation leak incident that killed one and affected 10 people last year. Six professors from the Chemistry Department - VS Parmar (Head of Department), AV Prasad, Ramesh Chandra Rastogi, Ashok Kumar, Rita Kakkar and Rooplal - have been charged under section...

After radioactive material was sold as scrap by Delhi University leading to the death of a labourer, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today directed UGC to frame guidelines immediately on procurement, use and disposal of hazardous substances by varsities.

There is the likelihood of deadly metallic pencils that carry the radioactive Cobalt-60 lying in the open somewhere in Delhi.

Search for nuclear waste at Mayapuri in Delhi resumes after NDTV's report on lethal radioactive pencils missing.

Auctioned for scrap after being discarded by Delhi University, left out in the open, unshielded and handled by scrap workers who knew no better, dangerous Cobalt-60 caused a radiation leak that has allegedly caused one death already. Compare this to how Cobalt-60 is handled the right way by experts.  NDTV's Science Editor, Pallava Bagla, trave...

New details have emerged in Delhi's radioactive crisis, about how there could be more lethal toxic pieces from Delhi University's Gamma Irradiator which are still missing.

The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board is contemplating handing down severe punishment to Delhi University's Chemistry Department for allegedly failing to follow safety rules.

The origin of radioactive Cobalt-60 found in west Delhi's Mayapuri has been traced to Delhi University's Chemistry Department where it was lying unused since the last 25 years.

It's been almost a month, but the Cobalt-60 radiation episode still haunts Mayapuri in Delhi. Residents, workers and children are not just in a state of shock but are loathing the baggage of the untoward incident. The D-2 Block market, which once brightened with the hustle and bustle of daily proceedings, is now enveloped with the darkness of tan ...

Close on the heels of radiation exposure at a scrap market here, experts on Tuesday detected one more source of radiation in the same area even as another affected person was admitted to AIIMS taking the number of victims to seven.

As investigators groped for clues to find the source of Cobalt-60 that created panic in West Delhi, the possibility of the nuclear material being part of some imported industrial waste is not being ruled out.

An unassuming market in West Delhi turned into the location of a high-drama search-and-seize. The target: radioactive material in a scrap shop that has led to five people being hospitalized.

Experts on Friday identified the material which led to a "very powerful" radiation in a west Delhi industrial area as Cobalt-60, the exposure to which left five persons injured including one seriously.

On the day the Islamic State overran the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014, it laid claim to one of the greatest weapons bonanzas ever to fall to a terrorist group: a large metropolis dotted with military bases and garrisons stocked with guns, bombs, rockets and even battle tanks.

The UN atomic agency said Wednesday that thieves in Mexico have stolen a truck transporting a piece of medical machinery containing an "extremely dangerous" radioactive material known as cobalt-60.

Delhi Police has filed a chargesheet against six Delhi University teachers in the Mayapuri radiation leak incident that killed one and affected 10 people last year. Six professors from the Chemistry Department - VS Parmar (Head of Department), AV Prasad, Ramesh Chandra Rastogi, Ashok Kumar, Rita Kakkar and Rooplal - have been charged under section...

After radioactive material was sold as scrap by Delhi University leading to the death of a labourer, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today directed UGC to frame guidelines immediately on procurement, use and disposal of hazardous substances by varsities.

There is the likelihood of deadly metallic pencils that carry the radioactive Cobalt-60 lying in the open somewhere in Delhi.

Search for nuclear waste at Mayapuri in Delhi resumes after NDTV's report on lethal radioactive pencils missing.

Auctioned for scrap after being discarded by Delhi University, left out in the open, unshielded and handled by scrap workers who knew no better, dangerous Cobalt-60 caused a radiation leak that has allegedly caused one death already. Compare this to how Cobalt-60 is handled the right way by experts.  NDTV's Science Editor, Pallava Bagla, trave...

New details have emerged in Delhi's radioactive crisis, about how there could be more lethal toxic pieces from Delhi University's Gamma Irradiator which are still missing.

The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board is contemplating handing down severe punishment to Delhi University's Chemistry Department for allegedly failing to follow safety rules.

The origin of radioactive Cobalt-60 found in west Delhi's Mayapuri has been traced to Delhi University's Chemistry Department where it was lying unused since the last 25 years.

It's been almost a month, but the Cobalt-60 radiation episode still haunts Mayapuri in Delhi. Residents, workers and children are not just in a state of shock but are loathing the baggage of the untoward incident. The D-2 Block market, which once brightened with the hustle and bustle of daily proceedings, is now enveloped with the darkness of tan ...

Close on the heels of radiation exposure at a scrap market here, experts on Tuesday detected one more source of radiation in the same area even as another affected person was admitted to AIIMS taking the number of victims to seven.

As investigators groped for clues to find the source of Cobalt-60 that created panic in West Delhi, the possibility of the nuclear material being part of some imported industrial waste is not being ruled out.

An unassuming market in West Delhi turned into the location of a high-drama search-and-seize. The target: radioactive material in a scrap shop that has led to five people being hospitalized.

Experts on Friday identified the material which led to a "very powerful" radiation in a west Delhi industrial area as Cobalt-60, the exposure to which left five persons injured including one seriously.