Five Radioactive Trucks Stopped At Belarus’ Polish And Ukrainian Borders
MINSK, Nov 13 (AFP) Nov 13, 2007
Five trucks emitting high levels of radiation have been stopped on the border between Poland and Belarus, state television in Minsk said Tuesday.
“Four trucks arriving from Italy and Germany with a cargo of firebricks, ceramic quarry tiles and food colourings were stopped at the Polish-Belarus border,” Belarus TV cited a high-ranking official at the Ministry for Emergency Situations as saying.
A fifth truck carrying a similar cargo was stopped at the Ukrainian-Belarus border, according to the same source.
Tests at the border revealed radiation levels two and a half times the normal level.
The trucks are currently being examined by ministry specialists.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Likasi Residents Told to Avoid Radioactive River
Law enforcement officers early in November intercepted four trucks laden with radioactive material. Some 17 tonnes of this confiscated material was reported to greatly exceed permitted radiation levels.
Although a court ordered the safe disposal of the seized cargo, provincial authorities said those charged with doing this instead dumped the waste into the Mura.
The man responsible for ordering the toxic cargo to be dumped has been arrested, according to Pembe. He said criminal charges would soon be filed against the suspect, who he declined to identify.
The contaminated site lies just a few kilometres from a pumping facility that supplies the town, home to an estimated 300,000 people
“The minerals belong to a Chinese company, Magma-Lubumbashi, which did not ask for the waste to be dumped in a river.
November 13th, 2007 at 6:45 pmThe entire region is “Glowing” due to Chernobyl
Notice how the trucks were trransporting tiles.
Tiles at Victory Square are more radioactive than at Independence Square
November 13th, 2007 at 9:14 pmhttp://www.belradio.fm/en/292/reports/10225/