A radiation source “IGI-Ts-4-2” was discovered in the Ust-Kutsky district of the Irkutsk region. In this respect reports Irsiti.ru portal.
Tatar oil service company TNG-Group told reporters that a capsule containing cesium-137, which was previously lost on the road during the winter by its employees, was found.
The fact that a group of researchers lost a radiation source while searching for oil was revealed the other day. According to the Baza Telegram channel, the capsule disappeared while experts were moving along the route from Ust-Kut to the Chayandinskoye field. Company employees I found it missing Box containing radioactive material after the end of the journey.
The police were searching the container. As noted, a similar capsule was found in the wall of a residential building in Kramatorsk in the 1980s, because local residents suffered from cancer.
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