SAN ANTONIO – Rep. Joaquin Castro is demanding answers from U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry after an investigative report revealed dangerous nuclear materials were stolen from a car parked at a San Antonio hotel in March 2017.
The investigative report from the Center for Public Integrity revealed that two people from the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory lost plutonium and cesium and other equipment used to detect radiation.
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“I am deeply concerned with reports of the March 21, 2017 incident in San Antonio in which two Department of Energy employees lost radioactive material," Castro said. "Reports indicate the material unaccounted for (MUF) includes radioactive samples of plutonium and cesium posing serious U.S. national security and health risks to my district, Texas and our nation."
.@ENERGY @SecretaryPerry: Where is the missing nuclear material lost in #SanAntonio? https://t.co/DHMHNcMQLv pic.twitter.com/UjRdEeApe9
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) July 17, 2018
Castro asked Perry a series of questions pertaining to the danger the materials pose and frequency of occurrence.
Castro shared a list of questions he posed to Perry following the report: