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[Kyodo News] JAPAN : Radioactive substance stolen from Chiba warehouse"A container bearing a radioactive substance was stolen Monday from a company warehouse in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, police said. A security camera at the warehouse of Non:Destructive Inspection Co. caught an image of a person removing the container bearing iridium 192—2 millimeters in diameter and 2 mm long—at around 1:40 a.m. Saturday, the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry said quoting a report from the company.""An employee of the company found the stainless steel hermetic container, which is 25 centimeters in diameter and 40 cm long and weighs 17 kilograms, was missing at around 7 a.m. Monday, according to the police. Anyone exposed to the substance could suffer vomiting a day or so later and acute radiation damage within three days, according to the ministry."http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/radioactive:substance:stolen:from:chiba:warehouse