This article was originally published in The Examiner on Jan. 4, 2018.
By Eleanor Skelton
Staff Writer
A Beaumont company that specializes in industrial inspection services offered a reward for a missing low-grade radioactive instrument used for welding.
Versa Integrity Group found the missing instrument at 2:43 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 29, Beaumont Police Officer Haley Morrow said in a news release. The radioactive instrument had been missing for about four hours.
Beaumont Emergency Management was notified about the missing instrument on about 10:45 a.m. Friday, Dec. 29, she said.
“The tool is similar in size to a loaf of bread and weighs approximately 60 pounds,” Morrow said.
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