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High-Activity Radioactive Materials Secretly Removed from Chechen Site
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| Abstract Number: |
20060190 |
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High-Activity Radioactive Materials Secretly Removed From Chechen Site |
| Date: |
3 August 2006 |
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National Nuclear Security Administration press release,
http://www.nnsa.doe.gov |
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Radioactive materials |
Abstract:
More than 5,500 curies of radioactive
cobalt-60 and cesium-137, which could be used to make five "dirty
bombs," have been removed from Chechnya and safely transported to secure
storage. According to a press release of the U.S. Department of Energy's National
Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the mission to secure the material was
completed on 3 August 2006. The operation was carried out by the United
States and the Russian Federation under the
Global Threat
Reduction Initiative (GTRI).
According to the NNSA, the radioactive cobalt and cesium, which were located at a
petrochemical production site in Chechnya, were packed into two special
containers, loaded on a truck, and delivered to a secure facility near Moscow.
There the materials will be analyzed and temporarily stored. After they have
been analyzed, the materials can then be transferred to the Radon Moscow Scientific Production
Association for permanent disposal.
{Entered 10/23/06 SG}
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.
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by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the
Monterey Institute of International Studies and
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