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Publish date: November 28, 2005
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The container with the radiation source was transferred to the temporary storage facility for radioactive sources. The discovered radiation source with cesium-137 belonged to the RMGZ-01 device produced in 1976. It was used to control radiation levels in food. The device can be hazardous when placed closed to the people.
Cesium-137, which was found, creates radiation level equal to 6 milliRoentgen per hour. Beside the container where it is placed at the facility the radiation level is 231 microroentgen per hour. It is quite safe at the distance of 3m from the container the level is normal.
The management of the Khlebprodservice Baker Company failed to deliver the device to the appropriate place after closing the food storage facilities and cesium-137 was simply abandoned, Interfax reported.
An accident aboard numerous Volgoneft oil tankers in the Kerch in mid December clearly show what can happen to aged ships when they are operated in bad weather—and when economic and military objectives are prioritized over the lives of crews and environmental safety.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.