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MOSCOW, January 28 (Itar-Tass) - The customs service in a Volga region has seized more than 37 kilograms of depleted uranium.
A spokesman at the Federal Customs Service told Itar-Tass on Friday that workers of the Orenburg customs service spotted the dangerous cargo on Wednesday during examination of a car with a radiation detector.
The radiation-emitting object was a cylindrical protective container intended for remote manipulation with radioactive substances.
It contained 37.5 kilograms of uranium-238, which is a depleted form.
An owner of the container described it in a customs declaration as a “dumb-bell”. He said he had found it at a dump and used it for exercise and sometimes straightened nails with it.
Specialists are looking for the origin of the container.