Radioactive Instruments Found in Kaliningrad Oblast


Abstract Number:	20000560
Headline:	Radioactive Instruments Found in Kaliningrad Oblast
Date:	27 July 2000
Bibliography:	Interfax News Agency Daily News Bulletin, 27 July 2000, No.1
Author:	V Kaliningradskoy oblasti na Baltiyskoy kose obnaruzheny istochniki radiatsionnogo izlucheniya [Radiation-Emitting Sources Found in Kaliningrad Oblast]
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Material:	radioactive isotopes
Abstract: On 27 July 2000, Interfax-Northwest reported that an aviation compass and two navigation recorders containing radioactive material were found in an abandoned barn on the Baltic Spit near Baltiysk in Kalingrad Oblast. According to Viktor Shurakov, head of the Baltiysk Civil Defense and Emergency Situations Department, the instruments do not pose any health hazards. The instruments were probably stolen from the former military base on the Baltic Spit. The report noted that in an earlier incident (date unspecified) similar instruments had been found abondoned in Baltiysk, the main base of the Russian Baltic Fleet.

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