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STRONG INTERNATIONAL BLOCK SHOULD BE RAISED FOR NUCLEAR MATERIALS CONTRABAND

RIA Novosti

LONDON, March 17 (RIA Novosti) - International efforts should be pooled to oppose the contraband of nuclear materials, deputy chief of the board for nuclear facilities' information protection at the Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom) Vladimir Prostakov has said.

"International efforts, including of the IAEA members, should be combined in a bid to oppose the contraband of nuclear materials", Mr. Prostakov told the international nuclear conference in London.

He stressed that the problem of ending the penetration of nuclear materials through borders is crucial at the present stage.

The Rosatom representative also stressed that fight against the contraband of nuclear materials entails tougher control at the borders.

Borders are, on the one hand, a strong element in this fight because customs intend special control and, on the other hand, they have a weak spot - a short time for checking a cargo, he said.

Therefore, new radiometric instruments have to be developed and a far-flung system of protection at the national level has to be unfolded, he summed up. Alongside special instruments, the number of travelling laboratories for the identification of nuclear materials has to be increased, the Rosatom representative believes.

Mr. Prostakov thinks that an integral national base to combat the contraband of nuclear materials must be created.