Theft of radioactive materials in Russia

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Despite the efforts of the US CTR programme and its sister programmes run by the Department of Energy (DOE) more nuclear material than no remains vulnerable to theft. Surprisingly, material that has gone missing has disappeared from nuclear power plants in Russia and the former republics, as opposed to weapons-grade material storage sites. Yet unaccounted for material, such as caesium and strontium, is still potential dirty bomb material and poses a terrorist as well as an environmental threat.

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[ 19.12.2006 ]
Radiological Terrorism: “Soft Killers”
Speculation concerning radiological terrorism has intensified since the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko. The former Russian spy died in a London hospital on November 23, the victim of poisoning by radioactive polonium-210.
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[ 29.05.2006 ]
American Investigators slide dirty-bomb material through US border checkponts
Two teams of undercover US Congressional investigators successfully smuggled enough radioactive material to make two dirty bombs into the United States, even after it set off alarms on radiation detectors installed at border checkpoints, a new report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released earlier this week said.
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[ 18.08.2005 ]
Turkish officials bust peddlers of Russia-origin uranium in Istanbul
Two men were arrested in Istanbul while trying to sell uranium of Russian origin in a sting operation conducted by Turkish special police, Russian media reported Wednesday.
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NEWS
[ 09.11.2007 ]
Shut-down at Ignalina causes jitters but no danger

NEW YORK - Lithuania's Soviet-built nuclear power station was shut down on Thursday due to an electrical malfunction but there was no danger of any radiation, officials told Reuters.

[ 30.01.2007 ]
Uranium smuggler caught in Georgia

Russia is considering an inquiry into possible theft of highly enriched uranium from its nuclear sites, as another uranium smuggling report surfaced from Georgia, the Reuters news agency reported today quoting a spokesman for the Prosecutor General’s Office.

[ 01.10.2004 ]
220 pounds of uranium stolen in Russia during recent 25 years

The Russian nuclear chief Alexander Rumyantsev also acknowledged on September 15 that the nation has had natural uranium and other radioactive materials stolen since the Soviet collapse.

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