......and the camel you rode in on.
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Radiation sources confiscated in Vladivostok extremely dangerous
RIA Novosti ^ | 26/ 08/ 2005 | Anatoly Ilyukhov
Posted on 08/26/2005 12:15:37 PM PDT by jb6
VLADIVOSTOK, August 26 (RIA Novosti, Anatoly Ilyukhov) - The industrial equipment confiscated Friday in the seaport of Vladivostok in the Far East has been found to contain cesium-137, a very strong source of radiation, a radiation control organization official said Friday.
Primtekhnopolis radiation and chemical security service head Vitaly Aldanov said eight pieces of lead industrial equipment, six of which were highly radioactive, were confiscated from scrap metal being transported in the port.
"If a person holds such a source in their hand for two minutes, the hand will then have to be amputated. Longer contact with such a source is fatal," Aldanov said.
The units were produced in the late 1970s and are unmarked. They emanated radiation recorded at 56 milliroentgen per hour. Sources taken out of the units emanate 220 roentgen per hour, which is thousands of times higher than normal background.
After a thorough examination, Primtekhnopolis experts will bury the radioactive sources, Aldanov said.