CBRN event in N/A, Côtes d’Armor area, France on Tue 17th September 2013

17th September 2013

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ASN is informed on 17 September 2013 that a box containing six radioactive sources was found in the basement of a secondary school called Henri Avril à Lamballe. The fire department responded. There were three strontium-90, one cobalt-60, and one polonium-210 sources, which were all properly marked. They were dated to an old 1960-1970 educational program.

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N/A ( Côtes d’Armor area )

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