Posted on 12/17/2011 6:01:09 AM PST by VU4G10
The Russian customs service said on Friday it had seized radioactive material found in the luggage of a passenger bound for Tehran at Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport.
The service said in a statement that tests showed the material was a radioactive isotope which could be obtained only "as a result of a nuclear reactor's operations".
The statement said the material had triggered an alarm in the airport's radiation control system. The luggage search led to a discovery of 18 pieces of radioactive metal packed in individual steel casings.
A Sheremetyevo airport customs spokeswoman said by telephone that the material had been identified as sodium-22 but gave no other details. Sodium-22 is a radioactive isotope of sodium that can be used in medical equipment.
I read a while back that some of their dead satellites have leaked the stuff in orbit.
America’s fault! /Ron Paul
I’m glad someone is paying attention. Thank you Russia.
The Ivans probably want their money before they let it leave the country....
“Sodium-22 is a radioactive isotope of sodium that can be used in medical equipment.”
OMG, they are trying to build a machine to improve the healthcare.
Dirty bombs?
guess they forgot to payoff the right guys in the airport, live and learn.
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