CBRN event in Unknown, Unknown area, Finland on Fri 21st September 2018

21st September 2018

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An Am/Be-241 source was accidentally mixed with scrap metal and melted in a Finnish steel factory. The Am-241's gamma activity was reportedly too low to be detected by factory scanners.

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Finland (FIN)

Unknown ( Unknown area )

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