Trader In Radioactive Metals Arrested. Attempt To Sell Innards Of An Atom Bomb In Moscow
Abstract:
The director of the KONFORM Limited Liability Partnership from St. Petersburg has been arrested during an attempt to sell a container of radioactive materials. The individual in question claimed to have acquired the container some time ago on the street.
Abstract Number: 19930770
Headline: Trader In Radioactive Metals Arrested. Attempt To Sell Innards Of An Atom Bomb In Moscow
Date: 28 August 1993
Bibliography: Kommersant Daily, p. 21
Material: radioactive materials
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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