Ukrainian Police Recover Radioactive Material

Ukrainian police Sunday discovered three containers holding radioactive material near the southern city of Odessa, according to the Ukrainian newspaper Segodnya (see GSN, Aug. 10). The material was found as part of an investigation into organized crime activity.

The containers are suspected of containing plutonium and strontium, but further testing is needed before the material can be conclusively identified, according to Segodnya. The radioactivity level of the material within the containers is hundreds of times greater than the legal limit, the newspaper reported. The containers were discovered along with a cache of weapons including assault rifles and grenade launchers (Oleksandr Korchynskyy, Segodnya/BBC Monitoring, Aug. 17). 

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