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04-29-2016, 04:44 PM
TBILISI: The security service in the former Soviet republic of Georgia said on Thursday it had detained five Georgian citizens who were trying to sell $3 million worth of radioactive uranium.
Security service ******rs did **t say whether the group had a buyer for the uranium, **r where the group had acquired it.
World leaders have been concerned about the security of Soviet nuclear ******* since the Soviet Union’s demise in 1991. Concern has also grown that radical groups are seeking material with which to make a ‘dirty bomb’.
“The detainees were planning to sell nuclear material with total weights of 1 kilogramme and 665 grammes, which contained two radioactive isotopes - Uranium-238 and a small amount, 0.23 percent, of Uranium-235,” security service investigator Savle Motiashvili told a briefing.
Motiashvili added that given the gamma ray emission, direct and long-term exposure to the substances was dangerous for life and health.
A Tbilisi city court put the group into pre-trial custody. They face five to 10 years in prison if found guilty.
Georgia’s security service has foiled several attempts to sell uranium or other radioactive materials.
Earlier this month, they detained six Georgian and Armenian citizens who were trying to sell $200 million worth of the uranium-238 isotope.
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Security service ******rs did **t say whether the group had a buyer for the uranium, **r where the group had acquired it.
World leaders have been concerned about the security of Soviet nuclear ******* since the Soviet Union’s demise in 1991. Concern has also grown that radical groups are seeking material with which to make a ‘dirty bomb’.
“The detainees were planning to sell nuclear material with total weights of 1 kilogramme and 665 grammes, which contained two radioactive isotopes - Uranium-238 and a small amount, 0.23 percent, of Uranium-235,” security service investigator Savle Motiashvili told a briefing.
Motiashvili added that given the gamma ray emission, direct and long-term exposure to the substances was dangerous for life and health.
A Tbilisi city court put the group into pre-trial custody. They face five to 10 years in prison if found guilty.
Georgia’s security service has foiled several attempts to sell uranium or other radioactive materials.
Earlier this month, they detained six Georgian and Armenian citizens who were trying to sell $200 million worth of the uranium-238 isotope.
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