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In Croatia, 400 kg of hazardous nuclear waste

The warehouse of the Rugger Boskovic Institute (Zagreb) yesterday became literally the "hot spot" of the Balkans - 400 kilograms of uranium were discovered here, which is actually in the public domain and, of course, without security rules. However, what security measures can be discussed, even if the administration of the research institute is not aware of where it came from here. At least in the bewilderment is still the director M. Novakovich, which he honestly confessed to the Croatian periodical "Vecherniy List."

Uranus was discovered by accident by employees of the company cleaning the premises, which put in order the warehouse and nearby laboratories. What kind of uranium is it, to whom it was intended (there are suspicions that this is an order of a criminal or terrorist nature) - it remains only to guess. How many barrels have stood in the warehouse, and what damage people have done to their health, is also unclear.
At the moment, all the special services of the country joined the investigation. The government is officially notified by the civil service for nuclear safety.
What is a dangerous find? This is a concentrate of uranium ore, a kind of refined "semi-finished product" for manufacturing nuclear fuel. In professional vocabulary is called "yellow pie".

Of course, measurements showed an excess of permissible levels of radiation in the warehouse. Radon vapor is found in the air. At the moment, the uranium is neutralized, the premises are cleaned and isolated.

Mladen Novakovic continues to insist that the Institute is not a nuclear waste storage facility, and that there is no such storage in Croatia at all: the nearest one is based on the territory of Serbia.
As it was possible not to notice such a needle in a haystack, it is difficult to imagine. However, the fact remains that it is negligence or a crime (which is the same in this case).

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