Global Information Lookup Global Information

Theft of radioactive material in Tammiku information


The theft of radioactive material in Tammiku took place in 1994. Three brothers in Tammiku, Männiku, Saku Parish (Harju County), Estonia, who were scrap metal scavengers, entered a fenced area in the woods and broke into a small shed that was seemingly abandoned (after having had no success with entering a larger building inside the area), with stairs leading to an underground hall. The brothers did not know that the buildings were nuclear waste storage facilities (although there were signs at the gate, they did not see them because they had climbed over the fence elsewhere). One of the brothers, Ivan, suffered a crush injury when a drum fell onto him. The brothers placed some pieces of metal into their pockets and went home, planning to return later. Ivan placed a metal cylinder in his pocket, not knowing that it was a strong caesium-137 radioactive source that was released from a container broken by the falling drum.[1] He received a 4,000 rad whole-body dose and died 12 days later.[2] Only after Ivan's family's dog died, and Ivan's stepson showed radiation burn of his hands (as a result of briefly touching the cylinder), was the cause of Ivan's death identified. The delay in information was due to the brothers' reluctance to admitting to the break-in.[3]

The storage facility was decommissioned in 2008 and 55TBq worth of radioactive waste was sorted and disposed of.[4]

  1. ^ This is according to [1], details differ between sources.
  2. ^ The Radiological Accident in Tammiku (PDF) (Report). IAEA. 1998. ISBN 92-0-100698-5. Archived from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  3. ^ "Tammiku stolen source, 1994". www.johnstonsarchive.net.
  4. ^ "Tammikult teisaldati Eesti ohtlikemad radioaktiivsed jäätmed". 26 October 2011.

and 7 Related for: Theft of radioactive material in Tammiku information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8539 seconds.)

Theft of radioactive material in Tammiku

Last Update:

The theft of radioactive material in Tammiku took place in 1994. Three brothers in Tammiku, Männiku, Saku Parish (Harju County), Estonia, who were scrap...

Word Count : 298

Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents

Last Update:

radiotherapy accident 1994 Theft of radioactive material in Tammiku, Estonia. 1993 Tomsk-7 accident at the Reprocessing Complex in Seversk, Russia, when a...

Word Count : 605

Radioactive source

Last Update:

resulted in several fatalities. The Tammiku radioactive material theft involved the accidental theft of caesium-137 material in Tammiku, Estonia, in 1994...

Word Count : 942

Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents

Last Update:

attempted theft of radioactive material, See Crimes involving radioactive substances#Intentional or attempted theft of radioactive material The International...

Word Count : 11788

List of civilian radiation accidents

Last Update:

October 21, 1994 – Theft of radioactive material in Tammiku: a strong caesium-137 source was stolen by scrap metal scavengers in Tammiku, Männiku, Saku Parish...

Word Count : 8228

List of nuclear and radiation fatalities by country

Last Update:

in Costa Rica. Thirteen fatalities and 114 other patients received an overdose of radiation. October, 1994 - Theft of radioactive material in Tammiku...

Word Count : 1186

List of orphan source incidents

Last Update:

baby died because of an incident six months into pregnancy. October 21, 1994 – Estonia – Theft of radioactive material in Tammiku. A caesium-137 source...

Word Count : 4547

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net