Template:Did you know nominations/Ciudad Juárez cobalt-60 contamination incident
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 10:50, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
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Ciudad Juárez cobalt-60 contamination incident
- ... that the Ciudad Juárez cobalt-60 contamination incident was caused when radioactive material ended up in a junkyard and it was smelted to produce rebar? Source: "Most of the cobalt 60 pellets were scooped up by a giant junkyard magnet, mixed in with other scrap metal and taken to two Mexican foundries, where they were melted into steel reinforcement rods and restaurant table legs." NYT
- ALT1: ... that the "Mexican Chernobyl" was caused when radioactive material ended up in a junkyard and it was smelted to produce rebar? Source: Same as above. The "Mexican Chernobyl" name is sometimes used by the press.[1]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Charles William Warner
Created by 219.91.135.57 (talk). Nominated by Tbhotch (talk) at 03:45, 11 February 2022 (UTC).
Wow! I had never heard of this before, and that's scary! New enough into mainspace and long enough. Sources check out, and I would support ALT1 given a search and its use by other media. No technical issues. I suspect we'll see this at DYKSTATS... Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:13, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Tbhotch: looks like the first paragraph in "Aftermath" is unsourced, could that be cleared up first? Also, I'm not seeing the hook citation at the end of the sentence in article, but that could just be me... theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 06:45, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Theleekycauldron: Added source to the paragraph / added source to the lede. (CC) Tbhotch™ 19:28, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
- 'preciate it, Tbhotch :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 00:05, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Theleekycauldron: Added source to the paragraph / added source to the lede. (CC) Tbhotch™ 19:28, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Tbhotch: looks like the first paragraph in "Aftermath" is unsourced, could that be cleared up first? Also, I'm not seeing the hook citation at the end of the sentence in article, but that could just be me... theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 06:45, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
