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| Nigeria recovers stolen radioactive materials from US oil company (Halliburton) |
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posted by admin
on Sunday December 05, @05:14AM
from the Lucy,-you-got-some-'splainen-to-do dept.
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www.chinaview.cn 2004-12-05 21:22:21
LAGOS, Dec. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Two stolen radioactive materials thatcan
be used to make "dirty bombs" have been returned to Nigeria byUS oil
services company Halliburton, head of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory
Authority (NNRA), was quoted as saying Sunday.
The materials,
which contained Caesium-137, were reported missing while in transit
between the Nigerian oil cities of Warri and Port Harcourt by
Halliburton's Nigerian subsidiary, HESNL, on Dec. 3, 2002.
The NNRA last year suspended Halliburton from carrying out any activity
involving the use, importation, transport and transfer ofa radioactive
source in Nigeria until the missing materials were recovered.
And in September 2003, the Nigerian government imposed an indefinite
ban on the award of contracts to the HENSL for its negligence leading
to the loss and its refusal to "cooperate with government authorities
in ensuring the return."
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/05/content_22...
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