Sci Fi? No. It Really Happened.

According to government documents released this week, a cylinder containing the highly radioactive and deadly Cobalt-60 got stuck in a delivery tube for three weeks at the U.S. defense department's White Sands Missle Range. The cylinder was spewing enough radiation to kill a man in 30 seconds, too much even for protective suits. Even the bomb disposal robot they sent in was repeatedly overcome by the radiation. After three days of robot repair, circuits fried by radiation and other bits melted, the robot saved the day. Read all about it in an article in Nature magazine.