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Orphan Container with Plutonium Found in Smolensk Oblast
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| Abstract Number: |
20070130 |
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Orphan Container with Plutonium Found in Smolensk Oblast |
| Date: |
11
September 2007 |
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"Review of Incidents Involving Radioactive
Materials in Russia," International Export Control Observer, Issue
11, June/July 2007 |
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Waste/Scams/Contaminated Materials |
Abstract:
On 15 May 2007, the Russian MChS Information Department
reported that a container with a radioactive substance was
found in the administrative building of a cotton factory in
Yartsevo, Smolensk Oblast. According to preliminary
conclusions of the MChS officials who seized the container
and placed it in a special storage facility, the substance in
question was plutonium-239.[1] A subsequent examination,
however, identified the item as a static electricity eliminator
that did not contain any plutonium. It was further established that the device
posed no threat to public health or the environment since its radioactivity did
not exceed the background level.[2]
Sources:
[1] “V Smolenskoy oblasti obnaruzhen beskhoznyy konteyner s plutoniyem” (An orphan container with plutonium was found in
Smolensk Oblast), RIA Novosti, 15 May 2007, http://www.rian.ru.
[2] “Radioaktivnyy istochnik, obnaruzhennyy v Smolenskoy oblasti, ne opasen” (A radioactive source discovered in the Smolensk Oblast is not
dangerous), RIA Novosti, 16 May 2007, http://www.rian.ru. {Entered 9/11/07 AL}
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Center for Nonproliferation Studies has not verified the accuracy or veracity
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