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Organized Crime, Terrorism and Nuclear Trafficking (Zaitseva, CCC, 2007)
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Abstract Number: 20030280
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Grozny: V zavodskom rayone obnaruzhen istochnik moshchnogo radioaktivnogo izlucheniya [Grozny: powerful radioactive source discovered in Zavod region]
Date: 16 April 2003
Bibliography: Region.ru; in Integrum Techno, http://www.integrum.ru
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radioactive materials

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Containers holding powerful radioactive sources were found on the grounds of a destroyed chemical plant in the Zavod region of Grozny, the capital of the republic of Chechnya in southern Russia, Regions.rureported on 16 April 2003. According to Ziva Kadyrov, the Director of the Grozny branch of the Radon Special Combine, there were originally 17 sources at the plant, one of which had been stolen by teenagers from the neighboring village of Kirov. Two of the teenagers died from radiation sickness. Kadyrov said that a plan to decontaminate the chemical plant has been submitted to the government of Chechnya for approval. Meanwhile security has been stepped up around the facility.  According to investigators, there are currently twelve missing radioactive sources in Chechnya.  Radioactive sources have also gone missing from the Grozny State University under unknown circumstances. Since the beginning of 2000, Radon has recovered and disposed of 80 containers with radioactive materials in Chechnya.  All such containers are removed from Chechnya to be stored at special facilities. In addition, a Radon burial site in Chechnya's Tersk mountain range has been walled in and is being guarded by security.

The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies has not verified the accuracy or veracity of this report or the facts presented therein. For more information on the material in this database please contact Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova.

 

CNSThis 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, agents. Copyright © 2008 by MIIS.

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