7 Held in Alleged Effort to Sell Nuclear Material
From Times Wire Reports
Russian police have arrested seven people accused of trying to sell more than two pounds of highly enriched weapons-grade uranium, Russian television said.
The men, arrested in the town of Balashikha just east of Moscow, were trying to sell a capsule containing uranium-235 for $30,000, NTV television said. The suspects were charged with illegal handling of nuclear materials, it said.
If confirmed, the seizure would be the first acknowledged case of theft of weapons-grade nuclear material in Russia.
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