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Parcel Containing Radium-266 Discovered in Vladivostok
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20070270 |
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Vladivostok: podstavka dlya binoklya okazalas radioaktivnoy [Vladivostok:
Binoculars Stand Turned Out to be Radioactive] |
| Date: |
22 October 2007 |
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RIA PrimaMedia,
http://www.primamedia.ru/ |
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Radioactive Isotopes |
Abstract:
On 22 October 2007, Vladivostok customs official inspecting outgoing
international mail, discovered a parcel, which
emitted radiation at a level that exceeded legal limits by 400 times. The parcel, sent by a Russian
national to the United Kingdom, contained binoculars made in
the 1960s, complete with a stand for the binoculars. The latter object was
covered with radium-266. The parcel was seized by Primtekhnopolis
company experts for disposal.[1]
Sources: [1] “Na glavpochtampte nashli radioaktivnuyu posylku” [Radioactive
parcel discovered in post office], Komsomolskaya Pravda, 23 October 2007;
in Integrum Techno, http://www.integrum.ru/.
{Entered 11/06/07 PT}
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