Atomic Mata! Stolen.—A Ministry of Supply lorry loaded with 7i tons of cadmium, an atomic metal, was Stolen tG-day to London. The cadmiurn, Which « used for controlling l h< L Mte PWxJuctfoh of plutonium from uranium In an atomic pile, was contained in 54 wooden cases. It was woyth about £4OOO. This was the second theft *bf the metal reported In London this week. On Monday four tons of tin and cadmium worth £3OOO sterling disappeared from a warehouse. A lorry was later found abandoned on the outskirts of London with 33 cases missing.—London, January 24.
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26639, 26 January 1952, Page 8
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