A Hot (Cell) Mess

 "I am sick and tired of war.  Its glory is all moonshine.  It is only those who have never fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry for blood and vengeance, for desolation." - General William Tecumseh Sherman

Currently in the news - a mysterious radioactive cloud

We have a puzzle with a hint of nuclear intrigue!  Let's grab Shaggy and Scooby.  Looks like we've got another mystery on our hands...

Missing Radioactive Sources - Updated (23 August 2018)

This is a horrific and very sad story, but it seems like every year somebody attempts a repeat :(

***UPDATED 8-23-18***

OK, so I see we've lost another one - this time in Malaysia.  This one is an Iridium-192 source for industrial radiography.  I'm cackling about the statement from the authorities:

"It cannot fall into the wrong hands as the consequences can be deadly" 

You knucklehead.  It's already in the "wrong hands".  It's been in the wrong hands since the moment you lost custody of it.  The question we are left with right now is whether the "wrong hands" are (best case) thieves, or (worst case) terrorists.

It boggles the mind that such dangerous material gets stolen so easily.  If this were high explosives, or even just harmless money, there would be several armed guards constantly monitoring it, or it would be in a vault somewhere.  It's time to be much less stupid with such dangerous material.