KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (WBTV) - A device containing radioactive material was stolen from a truck parked at a motel in central North Carolina on Wednesday, Feb. 26.
State health officials said the device was an industrial radiography exposure device, more commonly known as an IR camera.
Officials did not say what exactly the radioactive material was, but said the SPEC-150 IR camera was taken from a pickup truck at the Sleep Inn on Heartland Drive in Kernersville, just off I-40.
The IR camera was reported missing the day after it was stolen. It is unclear why the device was at the motel to begin with, or what it was intended to be used for.
Health officials said the radioactive material inside the IR camera can be harmful, and that anyone who finds it should not touch it and should stay 30 feet away.
The missing device has a serial number “0320″ and weighs about 53 pounds.
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State health officials said the device was an industrial radiography exposure device, more commonly known as an IR camera.
Officials did not say what exactly the radioactive material was, but said the SPEC-150 IR camera was taken from a pickup truck at the Sleep Inn on Heartland Drive in Kernersville, just off I-40.
The IR camera was reported missing the day after it was stolen. It is unclear why the device was at the motel to begin with, or what it was intended to be used for.
Health officials said the radioactive material inside the IR camera can be harmful, and that anyone who finds it should not touch it and should stay 30 feet away.
The missing device has a serial number “0320″ and weighs about 53 pounds.
Device containing radioactive material stolen from motel in North Carolina
The IR camera was stolen from a motel parking lot in Kernersville.
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