A resident of the Zhytomyr region stored tons of radioactive scrap metal in his yard
25.11.2016 19:46
(Moscow time), Kyiv
Zhytomyr border guards discovered over 5 tons of radioactively contaminated metal in the home of a resident of a controlled border area.
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This was reported by the press service of the Zhytomyr border detachment.
“As part of criminal proceedings, a general investigative and operational group, in pursuance of a decision of the Ivankovsky District Court, conducted a search in the private home of a border resident. During a search in the yard of the above-mentioned farm, more than 5 tons of ferrous and other metals were identified, the radioactive content of which exceeded the permissible standards by 10 times (the element cesium 137),” the report says.
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