Specialists at a Russian company, Primtechnopolis, are packing radioactive objects received from Japan late last year. The shipments are due to be returned to their country of origin.
More than half of the objects have already been packed in polythene bags placed in wooden boxes that are being held at a port.
The Japanese haulers are obliged to take the load out of Russia. A ship from Japan will only sail to Russia's Maritime Territory after all the objects are securely packed.
The radioactive non-ferrous scrap metal - 346 metric tons - was brought to the Russian port of Nakhodka from Japan's port of Kashima Dec. 3. It was to be taken to China by lorries. But radiation control in the Russian port revealed that 52 aircraft engines and a multitude of small fragments emitted radiation that exceeded the natural background level by 100-150 times. Tass News Agency
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