A radioactive camera box swept away in a flash flood along the Pedernales River in Gillespie County over the weekend has been safely recovered.
The lead box, which contained a camera and a “mobile darkroom,” is owned by Toronto-based Shawcor, a pipeline inspection company that is a contractor for Kinder Morgan, the company currently building the Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) across Central Texas.
According to Paul Pierroz, Shawcar senior vice president for corporate and investor relations, the box “released” from a company pickup during the flash flood. Two employees were rescued from floodwaters by Gillespie County Fire Department staff, Pierroz said. He wasn’t clear how the pickup went into the river, saying only that the work crew “got caught up in some deep water,” after which the “vehicle became overcome with water.”
