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Denton Program Failure 2023: USAID gave Guatemala nuclear ‘sources’?

One of two Cobalt-60 ‘sources’ found in Guatemala. Defense Threat Reduction Agency photo by Andrea Chaney.

On 22MAY2023, United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) revealed that several months prior they had discovered that the Central American country of Guatemala had at least two ‘sources’ of Cobalt-60!

A Cobalt ‘source’ being loaded into a shipping container. DTRA photo by Andrea Chaney.

Apparently, the Cobalt-60 was part of a previous USAID-Denton Program ‘donation’ to the Liga Nacional Contra el Cáncer/Instituto de Cancerología (National League Against Cancer/Cancer Institute) in Guatemala City.

Containerized Cobalt-60. DTRA photo by Andrea Chaney.

Cobalt-60 is mainly used in medical applications, and some food irradiation, but has also been proposed for use in a ‘dirty’ nuclear bomb to enhance the radioactive fallout.

Palletizing the containerized Cobalt-60. DTRA photo by Andrea Chaney.

In April 2023, Guatemala’s Ministry of Energy and Mines, and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE) National Nuclear Security Administration, worked together to remove not one, but two ‘sources’ of Cobalt-60, and send it back to the U.S. of A.

Loading a containerized Cobalt-60 source onto a C-130J. DTRA photo by Andrea Chaney.

Through the U.S. Southern Command, the U.S. Air Force loaded two C-130J cargo planes (which had just dropped off ‘backlogged’ USAID-Denton Program giveaways) with the large containers of highly radioactive Cobalt-60.

DTRA photo by Andrea Chaney.

The Denton Humanitarian Assistance Program is not an independent charity but a taxpayer/’donation’ funded operation of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Agency for International Development (USAID). It is also known as Denton Cargo Program or Denton Program, and was started in 1987, after a 1985 change to Title 10 United States Code.  It allows private charities to use space-available on taxpayer funded U.S. military aircraft to deliver their humanitarian supplies, mainly to Central American countries, ostensibly to improve the quality of life in those countries so the people don’t try to move to the U.S.  Obviously it is a failure.

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Radiation mystery at Idaho National Laboratory, Cesium & Cobalt

U.S. department of Energy reported on April 6, 2012, that radioactive particles of cesium and cobalt are being found on construction materials.

A contractor discovered the contamination.  Officials think it could be from the demolition of old buildings in that area of the INL site, which would imply that the buildings were contaminated before being torn down.

A local east Idaho DOE spokesman said there was no concern “…unless you get it onto your skin…” and you had “…prolonged exposure…”

Employees and vehicles are now being checked for contamination as they enter and leave the site.