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Nuclear shipyard director held for uranium hoard
Nick Paton Walsh in Moscow
Wed 1 Oct 2003 02.23 BST
A deputy director of a company that operates and repairs Russia's nuclear-powered icebreakers has been arrested for hoarding in his garage 2kg of highly radioactive material.
Alexander Tyuliakov, 50, was seized as he tried to sell undercover investigators a suitcase containing the material, which is thought to include a small amount of uranium 235, capable of being used to make a "dirty" bomb.
It was unclear yesterday whether he had got it from his employer, Atomflot, which refuels the Arctic icebreakers at its Murmansk shipyard, or from his contacts in the nuclear industry.
The undercover officers made contact with him after the secret service had word that he was trying to sell the material. He was arrested early last month when he met them to complete the deal. The operation was filmed by the internal security agency, the FSB.
The investigators have not commented on the quality of the radioactive material, which is still being examined.
Andrei Petrukhin, head of the Murmansk police investigating unit, said: "The only thing I can say is that this stuff contains uranium 235, uranium 238, radium, and also products of their decomposition." The substances were present in quantities several times greater than the minimum safety level, he added.
The fact that the radioactive materials were found along with their waste products suggests that the box contained spent fuel.
It is extremely difficult to refine spent fuel to a state in which it can be be used in a nuclear weapon, but it could used in a "dirty bomb" - where conventional explosives are used to spread radioactive material around a wide area.
In recent months the US, Russia and other states of the G8 richest industrial countrires have significantly stepped up their efforts to prevent such material getting into the hands of terrorists. The US has spent£12m on joint projects with the Kremlin to keep material similar to that found in Murmansk secure.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/01/russia.nickpatonwalsh
>Nuclear shipyard director held for uranium hoard
>Nick Paton Walsh in Moscow
> Oct 2003 02.23 BST
>A deputy director of a company that operates and repairs Russia's nuclear-powered icebreakers has been arrested for hoarding in his garage 2kg of highly radioactive material.
> Alexander Tyuliakov, 50, was seized as he tried to sell undercover investigators a suitcase containing the material, which is thought to include a small amount of uranium 235, capable of being used to make a "dirty" bomb.
You forgot this connection to dead gasprom dude.