This Is London: Exclusive: Sushi bar man is nuclear waste expert

25.11.06


The last person to meet Alexander Litvinenko before he succumbed to the agonising effects of radioactive poisoning is a self-professed expert in nuclear materials.

International 'security consultant' Mario Scaramella, who joined Litvinenko for the now infamous clandestine meeting in a London sushi bar, headed an organisation which tracked dumped nuclear waste, including Soviet nuclear missiles left over from the Cold War.

Sources revealed last night that renegade Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky had also been checked for radiation. His car, in which he ferried the stricken Litvinenko to hospital, was also tested. It was further disclosed that the tycoon has been interviewed twice by police investigating Litvinenko's death, but not as a suspect.

Prof Scaramella explained that he had been approached by the commission because his career had given him a passing connection to Russia. "My work involved a lot of Soviet issues - the dumping of radioactive waste, which can be detected from space, and the loss of nuclear devices,' he said. "I said to them, "I am not an expert on security services, only nuclear waste."

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FOX News

LONDON — Traces of radiation have been found at two new locations in London after the investigation widened over the poisoning death of a former Russian spy, Sky News reported Monday.

Traces of radiation had already been found at the Millennium Hotel, a branch of the Itsu sushi restaurant and the house of Alexander Litvinenko, who died Thursday of polonium-210 poisoning. Two new locations — an office block in London's west end and another address in the neighborhood of Mayfair — also showed signs of radioactivity, Sky said, quoting unnamed sources. Police would not immediately confirm the report.

Health officials said Monday that three of 18 people who said they came into contact with Litvinenko or sites where traces of radiation were detected had been referred to a special clinic for radiological.


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