Russia: Kurgan Customs Release Radiation Detection Statistics
Abstract:
Between January – May 2010, Kurgan Customs registered 240 cases involving the transportation of goods with elevated levels of radiation across Russia's borders [1]. The details of the cases were not specified.
Abstract Number: 20100970
Headline: Russia: Kurgan Customs Release Radiation Detection Statistics
Date: January – May 2010
Bibliography: "'Фоны', но знаЙ меру ['Backgrounds', but knowing the measure]," Federal Customs Service, 26 May 2010, via www.integrum.com
Material: Unidentified radioactive material
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 © 2013 National Journal Group, Inc., 600 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20037.
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