Radioactive material on way to Iran seized in Moscow
December 16th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANSLondon, Dec 16 (IANS) Radioactive material which was on its way to Iran was Friday seized at an airport in Moscow, a media report said.
The 18 pieces of radioactive metal packed in individual steel cases were found in the luggage of a passenger at the Sheremetyevo international airport, said the Daily Mail.
The Federal Customs Service made the discovery after the material triggered an alarm at the airport’s radiation control system. Radiation levels in the area were 20 times above normal.
Tests showed the material was a radioactive isotope which could be obtained only “as a result of a nuclear reactor’s operations”, officials said.
An airport customs spokesman said the material was identified as sodium-22.
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