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Armenian Arrested on Georgian-Armenian Border with Radioactive Powder


Abstract Number:	20030530
Headline:	Gruzinskiye pogranichniki zaderzhali radioaktivnyy gruz [Georgian border guards seize radioactive cargo]
Date:	27 June 2003
Bibliography:	Rosbalt; Integrum Techno database, http://www.integrum.ru
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Material:	radioactive isotopes

Abstract:
Georgian border guards arrested a man trying to transport radioactive material across the Georgian-Armenian border on 26 June 2003, Rosbalt reported. The man, Armenian citizen Sergo Mikoyan, said he got the material in Vladikavkaz, Russia.[1] According to the Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Ministry of Georgia, the substance in question was "well-isolated uranium." [This may have been a poorly phrased attempt to characterize the level of enrichment of the uranium involved, although no other description of the material was given.] Another source said the contraband consisted of several boxes containing a radioactive powder thought to be uranium.[1] The boxes were turned over to the radiation safety department of the Environmental Protection Ministry and were due to undergo further analysis.[1]

[1] "Gruzinskiye pogranichniki zaderzhali armyanina s poroshkom urana" [Georgian border guards arrest Armenian with uranium powder], Lenta.ru, 28 June 2003; Integrum Techno database, http://afnet.integrum.ru.

The 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 Dr. Scott Parrish at sparrish@miis.edu.

This material is produced independently for NTI by the 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 © 2003 by MIIS.

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