A device containing strontium stolen in Saratov

Oct. 2, 2008

Abstract:

A criminal case was opened in Saratov concerning the theft of an ice detector RIO-3 that contained a capsule with strontium-80, Regnum news agency reported on 2 October 2008. According to the report, an unnamed suspect stole the detector from a decommissioned Yak-40 airplane belonging to Avia Alyans (Avia Alliance) company. The time of theft was indicated only as between 11 July 2005 and 22 September 2008. {Entered GM}

Abstract Number: 20090040
Headline: A device containing strontium stolen in Saratov
Date: 2 October 2008
Bibliography: "V Saratove neizvetsnyy ukral pribor, soderzhashchiy kapsulu s radioaktivnym veshchestvom," Regnum, 2 October 2008.
Material: Radioactive isotopes

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This article is part of a collection examining reported incidents of nuclear or radioactive materials trafficking in or originating from the Newly Independent States.