10 Radioactive Containers Of Radium, Cesium Found Dumped In Siberia - AFP

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Ten containers emitting dangerous high-energy radiation have been discovered in northern Siberia, a local law enforcement official was quoted as saying Wednesday by the RIA Novosti news agency.

The containers were full of radium and cesium and were found in an industrial zone outside a vault specially equipped to receive such materials, said Andrei Dobrinin, an aide to the prosecutor in the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region."

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