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4.02.08 The Customs of Jewish Autonomous Region bans the import of radioactive goods from China

The Birobidzhan Customs House officers have detected Chinese radioactive goods crossing the border of Russian Federation.
At the Nizhneleninskiy check point of Amurzet Customs House a citizen of People’s Republic of China was in the middle of customs formalities procedure on his arrival from Tuntszyan when his personal baggage was checked by fissile and radioactive materials monitoring equipment. In the course of the check the Yantar-2P radiation monitoring system was triggered. The alarm went off while monitoring the burner polymeric grids packed in paper. The Chinese citizen was going to import into Russia 21 packages of the grids with total weight of 286 grams. He explained that the grids were intended for his private use for increasing the luminance of kerosene burners and that he was not aware of their increased level of ionizing radiation. Besides, the kerosene burners have been checked by means of the DKG-RM-02 portable dosimeter. As reported by Far Eastern Customs Directorate Press Service, the measured gamma-radiation dose rate on the goods surface has made up 2.5 µSv/hour having increased the norm by several times (at the natural background of 0.12 µSv/hour). The kerosene burner grids are now confiscated and transferred to Russian Federal Consumer Rights Protection and Human Health Control Service in Jewish Autonomous Region for carrying out expert examination. Currently, the results of the examination are obtained. In accordance with the expert opinion issued by Federal State Healthcare Service “Hygiology and Epidemiology Center of Jewish Autonomous Region” the mentioned goods do not comply with radiation safety norms and basic radiation safety sanitary regulations established in Russia. A decision has been made to deport the goods back to China.
Before their departure the measures are taken to provide temporal storage and physical protection.

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