Radioactive Receiver Confiscated on the Ukraine-Moldova Border
Abstract:
A citizen of Moldova was detained on the Ukraine-Moldova border after inspectors found an airplane receiver emitting radiation in his possession, Odesskiy Vestnik reported on 12 March 2009. Officials of the State Environmental Inspection stopped the man at a checkpoint for environmental inspection, which revealed the abnormal radiation levels. They then discovered the airplane receiver in his Mercedes. The object reportedly emitted a background radiation level 1000 times higher than normal. According to reports, the man procured the object from a Ukrainian citizen in Mikhaylovka-Rubensovka village in the Kiev region. {Entered PH}
Abstract Number: 20090130
Headline: Radioactive Receiver Confiscated on the Ukraine-Moldova Border
Date: 12 March 2009
Bibliography: “Izyat radioaktivniy priyemnik,” Odesskiy Vestnik, 12 March 2009, http://www.odvestnik.com.ua/issue/271/5887/
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