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Radioactive container detected near Georgian airport Kopitnari

Politics Materials 11 February 2009 20:18 (UTC +04:00)

Georgia, Tbilisi, Feb.11 / Trend corr N. Kirtzkhalia / A container with radioactive cesium-137 was found near airport Kopitnari in Kutaisi on Feb.11. 

Specialists told journalists that cesium-137 is a sufficiently strong radioactive emanation which reaches 25 x-ray/hours. Experts say it is not fatal but dangerous enough.

The container will be placed in a special sarcophagus and removed to a safe place

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