Two technicians at the United States Atomic Energy Commission's plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, prepare a shipment of radioactive cobalt for transport to the Los Angeles Tumour Institute, at Los Angeles, California, where it will be used in the treatment of cancer. The cobalt itself weights less than half a pound, but because of its great radioactive force it must be encased in this leadlined drum, which weighs nearly 3000 pounds. Minerals such as cobalt, when they have been made radio-active must be handled with scientific care. Men and materials must be protected from the active rays or they will be burned or contaminated. When handled properly, radioactive cobalt is a valuable agent in the treatment of cancer. —Courtesy of U.S. Lmbassy, Wellington.

Taupo Times, Volume I, Issue 12, 2 April 1952, Page 2

Two technicians at the United States Atomic Energy Commission's plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, prepare a shipment of radioactive cobalt for transport to the Los Angeles Tumour Institute, at Los Angeles, California, where it will be used in the treatment of cancer. The cobalt itself weights less than half a pound, but because of its great radioactive force it must be encased in this leadlined drum, which weighs nearly 3000 pounds. Minerals such as cobalt, when they have been made radio-active must be handled with scientific care. Men and materials must be protected from the active rays or they will be burned or contaminated. When handled properly, radioactive cobalt is a valuable agent in the treatment of cancer. —Courtesy of U.S. Lmbassy, Wellington.