Radioactive Source Recovered in Texas

Texas DPS Finds Radioactive Cesium-137 Buried Near Midland County Road

A routine patrol near a Midland County road led a corporal to a 100-millicurie cesium-137 source buried several inches underground, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). The corporal, assigned to the agency’s Radiological/Nuclear Threat Detection Unit, was patrolling near South County Road 1210 on July 24 when a vehicle-mounted radiation detection system sounded an alarm. The corporal surveyed the area with additional equipme…

Radioactive capsule recovered after discovery in Midland County

Texas DPS recovers a radioactive Cesium-137 capsule found by a trooper in Midland County. Successfully secured with no public threat.

Nuclear Threat Detection Unit responds after trooper alerted to 'radioactive source'

Authorities say the recovered cesium-137 source posed no danger after it was safely excavated.

Radioactive source recovered in Texas

MIDLAND COUNTY, Texas (KVIA) -- The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), along with other local, state, and federal officials, announced Wednesday of the recovery of a Cesium-137 (Cs-137) radioactive source in Midland County over the weekend. According to DPS, Friday, July 24, 2026, a DPS Corporal assigned to the Radiological/Nuclear Threat Detection (Rad/Nuc) Unit was doing The post Radioactive source recovered in Texas appeared first on KV…

DPS Coordinates Safe Recovery of Radioactive Source in Midland Co.

July 29, 2026 AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), in collaboration with several local, state and federal agency partners, successfully recovered a Cesium-137 (Cs-137) radioactive source in Midland Co. over the weekend. On Friday, July 24, 2026, a DPS Corporal assigned to the Radiological/Nuclear Threat Detection (Rad/Nuc) Unit was conducting routine patrol…

1967 radioactive source found in Midland, safely secured in multi-agency operation

State and federal authorities successfully recovered a buried 100-millicurie Cesium-137 radioactive source in Midland County after a routine patrol triggered a detection alert.