Abstract:

On 27 February 2007, RIA Novosti reported that a railroad worker had discovered a radioactive object 50 meters away from the Krasnodar-Yeysk highway. The object, covered with oiled paper and labeled Caution, Radioactive and RIO-3,was found in a 30cm by 30cm cardboard box. When measured with a DP-5 detector, the object, a 15cm by 7cm rectangle, emitted radiation 1.5-2 times higher than local background levels. [1,2]

An emergency response team that arrived on the scene determined that the object was an intact radioisotope icing sensor used in aviation.[1] The sensor was taken by experts from the company Radiation Control and placed into a special storage in Krasnodar, where it would await transportation to the Rostov-on-Don branch of the Radon Special Combine for subsequent destruction.[2,3]

Abstract Number:  20070190
Headline:  V Krasnodarskom kraye obnaruzhen radioaktivnyy predmet [Radioactive Object Discovered in Krasnodar Territory]
Date:  27 February 2007
Bibliography:  Integrum Techno, http://www.integrum.ru/
Orig. Src.:  RIA Novosti-Yug, http://ug.rian.ru/
Material:  Radioactive Isotopes

Sources:

[1] Obnaruzhennyy na Kubani radioaktivnyy predmet okazalsya priborom aviatsionnogo naznacheniya [Radioactive object discovered in Kuban turned out to be a device used in aviation], RIA Novosti-Yug, 28 February 2007, http://ug.rian.ru/.
[2] Radioaktivnyy predmet, obnaruzhennyy na Kubani, okazalsya aviatsionnym priborom [Radioactive object discovered in Kuban turned out to be a device used in aviation], IA Regnum, 28 February 2007, http://www.regnum.ru/.
[3] Kubanskuyu radiatsiyu unichtozhat v Rostove [Kuban radiation will be destroyed in Rostov], Vecherniy Rostov, 2 March 2007, http://www.vechrost.aaanet.ru/. {Entered 10/30/07 PT}