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Radioactive Capsule Discovered in Kazakhstan
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| Abstract Number: |
20070160 |
| Headline: |
Radioactive Capsule Discovered in Kazakhstan |
| Date: |
11
September 2007 |
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"Review of Incidents Involving Radioactive
Materials in the NIS," International Export Control Observer, Issue
11, June/July 2007 |
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Radioactive Isotopes |
Abstract:
On 29 June 2007, a radiation source was found in Petropavlovsk, the administrative center of the North Kazakhstan Oblast. A
radioactive capsule was located at the bottom of a metal pipe of about 50 cm in
diameter that was fixed in the ground two meters from a street. According to the
Ministry on Emergency Situations, radiation from the capsule, which was 15 cm in
length and 10 cm in diameter and marked with a radioactivity sign, was 25 times
higher than natural background levels. The oblast police were tasked with
securing the site of the radioactive source until a special commission addresses
the issue of its disposal.
Source: Olga Kovalenko, “V Kazakhstane obnaruzhena
kapsula s urovnem radiatsii v 25 raz vyshe normy” (A capsule with radiation
25 times exceeding the normal level was discovered in Kazakhstan), RIA
Novosti, 1 July 2007, http://www.rian.ru.{Entered 09/11/07 AL}
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