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Russia seizes radioactive material bound for Iran
Russia on Friday seized a consignment of the radioactive isotope Sodium-22 used for medical and research purposes at a Moscow airport from a Tehran-bound passenger, the customs service said. “Tests showed that the Sodium-22 could only have been obtained as the result of the work of a nuclear reactor,” it said in a statement. “A [...]
Radioactive Indian items found in Sweden: nuclear agency
Agence France-Presse, STOCKHOLM: Steel items imported from India showing faint traces of radioactivity were found in Sweden, before the same substance was traced on Indian-made lift buttons in France, officials said Wednesday. The levels of Cobalt 60, a radioactive form of the metal, were considered harmless and the steel components have not been recalled, the [...]


