Moldova-bound train with radioactive cargo passes through Kazakh borders undetected
Abstract:
In September 2007, a train with radioactive cargo passed through Kazakhstani border checkpoints undetected. A press report indicated that the train, en route from Kazakhstan to Moldova, was detained at Russia’s Kartaly border checkpoint, just prior to transiting through Russian territory. The cargo of scrap metal reportedly emitted radiation of 4 microsievert/hr and reportedly contained bismuth-207 and technetium-99. The railcar with the radioactive cargo was sent back to Kazakhstan.{Entered 8/23/08 AL}
Abstract Number: 20080220
Headline: Moldova-bound train with radioactive cargo passes through Kazakh borders undetected
Date: 1 September 2008
Bibliography: "Po territorii Kazakhstana besprepyatstvenno proshla partiya radioaktivnogo gruza," Kazakhstan Segodnya, 11 September 2008; www.gazeta.kz.
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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