Police Seize 375 Pounds of Radioactive Materials
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Ukrainian police and state security agents seized nearly 375 pounds of a radioactive material seen as a likely ingredient for a “dirty bomb” and arrested three people, authorities said.
In addition to seizing the two containers of cesium-137, officers arrested three men from the city of Simferopol, police spokesman Yuriy Kondratyev said.
Cesium-137 is considered a likely ingredient for a so-called dirty bomb, in which conventional explosives are combined with radioactive material. Exposure to it can cause blood diseases, sterility and birth defects.
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