Two kilograms Uranium Found In Car In Central Russia
Police also discovered fragment of combustible bar used in nuclear reactors

June 18, 2002  

Russian police and the Federal Security Service seized two kilograms of uranium found in a company car in central Russia, ITAR-TASS news agency reported Tuesday.

Police also discovered a fragment of a combustible bar used in nuclear reactors in the car which was found in the central Russian town of Izhevsk 1,000 kilometres east of Moscow, ITAR-TASS reported.

The uranium's radioactivity level measured at 2,000 micro roentgen per hour, the agency reported.

The United States and Russia set up a joint task force in May to prevent terrorists from acquiring radioactive substances for use in building weapons of mass destruction.

In February, several senior US intelligence officials expressed alarm that weapons-grade nuclear material had been on several instances stolen from Russian facilities.

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