Radioactive scrap

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11:09 22.10.2002
text: "Kazakhstan Today"
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At Druzhba station of Almaty oblast when the SES workers were metering transport a train carriage was discovered, the radiation level of which was 1000 mcr per hour at a distance of 10 meters, KZ-today has been advised by the Emergencies Management Agency of RK.

According to the EMA, the carriage with ferrous metal scrap had arrived from East Kazakhstan oblast and belonged to LLP "Typhoon".

A commission has left for the location of emergency for an investigation.