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On 13 September 1999, six people attempted to steal radioactive cobalt-60 rods from a chemical plant in the city of Grozny in the Chechen Republic. [18] During the theft, the suspects opened the radioactive material container and handled it, resulting in the deaths of three of the suspects and injury of the remaining three.
The radioactive source was here for about six days, and it was partially broken into. Devair Ferreira's scrapyard ( 16°40′02″S 49°15′59″W / 16.66713°S 49.26652°W / -16.66713; -49.26652 ( Devair Ferreira's scrapyard ) ), [ 1 ] on Rua 15A ("Junkyard I") in the Aeroporto section of the city, had possession of the items ...
The theft of radioactive material in Tammiku took place in 1994.Three brothers in Tammiku, Männiku, Saku Parish (Harju County), Estonia, who were scrap metal scavengers, entered a fenced area in the woods and broke into a small shed that was seemingly abandoned (after having had no success with entering a larger building inside the area), with stairs leading to an underground hall.
1994 Theft of radioactive material in Tammiku, Estonia. [4] 1993 Tomsk-7 accident at the Reprocessing Complex in Seversk, Russia, when a tank exploded while being cleaned with nitric acid. The explosion released a cloud of radioactive gas (INES level 4). [5] 1990 Clinic of Zaragoza radiotherapy accident; 1987 Goiânia accident
The origin of the poorly stored radioactive source was traced to KSE, which was charged with possessing radioactive substances without permission and was fined 15,000 baht (about US$450 in 2015). Environmental Litigation and Advocacy for the Wants (EnLAW), a non-governmental advocacy group , later filed a class action lawsuit against KSE on ...
Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca Perez said in court documents that Trapp had a “long history of major and minor offenses, involving violence, driving offense, controlled substances, theft and ...
October 21, 1994 – Estonia – Theft of radioactive material in Tammiku. A caesium-137 source was stolen from a waste storage facility by two brothers. One received a 4,000 rad whole-body dose and died 12 days later. His family's dog also died, and his stepson developed radiation burns on his hands after touching the source.
Radioactive elements, except tritium and carbon-14, have been mostly filtered from the water that is being released into the Pacific Ocean. No radioactive substance found in fish after Fukushima ...