![[ rfe/rl banner ]](rferl-article2.gif)
Russian Customs Seize Iran-Bound Radioactive Material
December 16, 2011
The Russian customs service says it has seized radioactive material in the luggage of a passenger bound for Tehran at a Moscow airport.
The customs service said its agents seized the material at Sheremetyevo airport on December 16 after a radiation alarm was triggered.
Tests showed the material contained Sodium-22, an isotope that could only be produced at a nuclear reactor.
A criminal investigation has been opened.
No information was immediately available on the identity of the passenger carrying the materials.
compiled from agency reports
Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/russian_customs_seize_iran-bound_radioactive_material/24424106.html
Copyright (c) 2011. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036.
|
NEWSLETTER
|
| Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list |
|
|
|
