Abstract:

On 19 June 2008, Vladivostok port’s Yantar radiation detection system alerted port officials to presence of a radiation source in a cargo container. Experts from the security company Primtekhnopolis, with officials from the Emergency Ministry and Rospotrebnazdor present at the scene, located the source, which turned out to be a lighting sign. A lighting element in the sign reportedly contained radium-266 salts. The object emitted radiation at a level of 47,500 microroentgen/hour or 475 microsievert/hour.

On 5 April 2008, radioactive goods were also found in a cargo container shipped from Chita to the Vladivostok port. The radiation level of the container, contents unknown, reportedly was measured at 130 microrentgen/hour. The container was unloaded and its contents were destroyed.[1]

Abstract Number:  20080190
Headline:  Radioactive containers discovered in Vladivostok port
Date:  19 June 2008
Bibliography:  "Vo Vladivostokskom portu obnaruzhen istochnik silnoy radiatsii," Informatsionnoe agentstvo Rosbalt, 19 June 2008; in Integrum Techno, www.integrum.ru.
Material:  Contaminated Materials

Sources:

[1] "V portu Vladivostoka obnaruzhen radioaktivnyy konteyner," Primorskoe Televidenie i Radio, 5 April 2008; in Integrum Techno, www.integrum.ru.{Entered 9/23/08 AL}