Rossiya V Zerkale Pressy: Pokhishchen radioaktivniy datchik

Sept. 26, 1996

Abstract:

A 59 kg container, containing a radioactive sensor with 20g of cesium- 137, was stolen from the Novotroitsk oil and chemical factory in the Orenburg region of Southern Russia. The sensor was worth 300,000 Russian rubles.

Abstract Number: 19961830
Headline: Rossiya V Zerkale Pressy: Pokhishchen radioaktivniy datchik
Date: 26 September 1996
Bibliography: Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, p. 3
Material: cesium-137

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