[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]According to the Federal Customs Service of Russia, a parcel arriving from China with 30 kg of radioactive stone beads was intercepted at the Kazan Postal Customs Checkpoint.<\/p>\n
The parcel triggered one of\u00a0the Yantar Radiation Monitors<\/a>\u00a0installed at the checkpoint. The following spectrometric analysis with\u00a0the MKC-A03 Handheld Radiation Monitor<\/a>\u00a0revealed that ionizing radiation level at the parcel surface was 15 times higher than the permissible values, and the beads contained the Th-232 isotope and were a source of beta radiation.<\/p>\n Details are available on\u00a0the Russian FCS\u00a0website<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]