Russia seizes radioactive material in luggage bound for Tehran
The Mullahs have some splainin’ to do…
The service said tests had shown the material was a radioactive isotope which could be obtained only “as a result of a nuclear reactor’s operations”.
It said the material had triggered an alarm in the airport’s radiation control system.
The luggage search led to the discovery of 18 pieces of radioactive metal packed in individual steel casings.
A Sheremetyevo airport customs spokeswoman said the material had been identified as sodium-22 but gave no other details.
Sodium-22 is a radioactive isotope of sodium that can be used in medical equipment.