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Spokeswoman Kseniya Grebenkina told The Associated Press that the luggage had been seized some time ago, but could not specify when. The Iranian hasn't been detained, she said.
The pieces contained Sodium-22, she said, a radioactive isotope of sodium that could be produced in a particle accelerator. Sodium-22 is a positron-emitting isotope that has medical uses, including in nuclear medicine imaging.
Critical Organ: Bone Marrow
Intake Routes: Ingestion, inhalation, puncture, wound, skin contamination (absorption);
11.5 mrem/uCi [3.1 E-9 Sv/Bq] of 22 Na ingested [CEDE]
7.8 mrem/uCi [2.1E-9 Sv/Bq] of 22 Na inhaled [CEDE]
Originally posted by cloaked4u
I never heard of suitcase nooks. What is a suitcase nook? Why is spelling so hard? I think it was deliberate. Suitcase nooks. YOU can spell suitcase, but yet you cannot spell the other word after suitcase. WHY?
Originally posted by cloaked4u
I never heard of suitcase nooks. What is a suitcase nook? Why is spelling so hard? I think it was deliberate. Suitcase nooks. YOU can spell suitcase, but yet you cannot spell the other word after suitcase. WHY?
Originally posted by cloaked4u
I never heard of suitcase nooks. What is a suitcase nook? Why is spelling so hard? I think it was deliberate. Suitcase nooks. YOU can spell suitcase, but yet you cannot spell the other word after suitcase. WHY?
Originally posted by yourboycal2
"The Russian customs service said on Friday it had seized radioactive material found in the luggage of a passenger bound for Tehran at Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport."
lol yea lets just prance through the airport with radioactive materials .
"A Sheremetyevo airport customs spokeswoman said by telephone that the material had been identified as sodium-22 but gave no other details. Sodium-22 is a radioactive isotope of sodium that can be used in medical equipment."
im sure it was nothing but a great head line