Kola peninsula-bound railway car with radioactive shipment detained in Murmansk
Abstract:
A railcar with cargo, the radiation level of which exceeded 20 microrentgen/hour was detained at a control point of a container station in Murmansk, Russia. One of the containers in the railcar reportedly originated in Saratov and was addressed to a military unit located on the Kola Peninsula. Emergency service specialists examined the railcar, which was moved to special location. The content of the cargo was not reported. {Entered 09/23/08 AL}
Abstract Number: 20070380
Headline: Kola peninsula-bound railway car with radioactive shipment detained in Murmansk
Date: 8 November 2007
Bibliography: "V Murmanske obnaruzhen vagon s radioaktivnym gruzom," ITAR-TASS – Programma Severo-Zapad, 8 November 2007; in Integrum Techno, www.integrum.ru.
Author: Vasiliy Belousov
Material: Contaminated Materials
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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