Cesium-137 Seized in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
Abstract:
On 4 July 2002, the Committee for National Security (KNB) of the Republic of Kazakhstan arrested a resident of Pavlodar, the capital of Pavlodar Oblast in northern Kazakhstan during an attempt to sell 5 grams of cesium-137. The KNB investigation into the incident is continuing.
Abstract Number: 20020410
Headline: Po faktu presecheniya sbyta radioaktivnykh veshchestv
Date: 4 July 2002
Bibliography: Press Release of the Committee of National Security of the Republic of Kazakhstan, http://www.knb.kz, 18 July 2002
Author: The Committee of National Security of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Material: radioactive isotope (cesium-137)
This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, or agents. Copyright © 2011 by MIIS.
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