A device containing strontium stolen in Saratov
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
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 © 2011 by MIIS.
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