Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC memo regarding radioactive metal sent to the United States from Mexico (SECY-92-042)
Memo · written 1992 · released 19 January 2026
Why this matters
A 1992 Commission paper on radioactively contaminated metal entering the United States from Mexico, a problem made notorious by earlier incidents in which scrapped radiation sources were melted into steel products. It documents how regulators handled cross-border contamination. Released through FOIA in 2026.
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https://www.governmentattic.org/61docs/NRChotMexicanMetal1992.pdf
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission. "NRC memo regarding radioactive metal sent to the United States from Mexico (SECY-92-042)." 1992. Released 19 January 2026. https://www.governmentattic.org/61docs/NRChotMexicanMetal1992.pdf (accessed via The Quiet Archive, QA-0126).
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