Russian Officials Arrest Nuclear Official Suspected of Smuggling

Russian authorities have arrested a senior official at a state-owned company, and some reports indicate he may have been involved in smuggling radioactive materials, Bellona reported Monday.

Alexander Tyulyakov is the deputy director for administrative issues at Atomflot, the state agency responsible for repair work and spent nuclear fuel storage for Russian nuclear icebreakers and nuclear submarines. 

Police in Russia’s Mursmansk region, along with Russian Federal Security Service agents, said that they have evidence linking Tyulyakov to a weapons smuggler who was seeking a nuclear source.  The smuggler was allegedly seeking to resell the material to a buyer in the Baltic region (Charles Digges, Bellona, Sept. 1)

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