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1、UnitThreeNuclearProliferationandEnvironmentalProtectionTextAFormulaforTerrorTheformerSovietarsenalisleakingintotheWest,ignitingfearsofanewbrandofnuclearhorror1ByBruceW.NelanOnasunnyafternoonincentralKaliningrad,aRussianenclaveontheBaltic,twoprivatesecurityguardsandatrading-companyex
2、ecutivestrolledalongaquietstreet.Theywereexpectingtomeetamiddle-agedmanfromSt.Petersburg.Inexchangefor$1million,theywouldhandovera20-cmby20-cmmetalcontainerholdinghighlyradioactivematerial.Butasthetradersandtheirclientwereabouttomaketheiropen-airswap2inmid-August,15policeofficersrus
3、hedouttograbthem.Thepoliceseizedthe59-kgcaseemittinggammaradiation.3Untilaspecializedlaboratorycanexaminethematerial,thepolicecannotbesurewhatitisorwhereitwasstolenfrom,buttheybelieveitisdangerousandillicit.ThisisthesecondmajorcaseofnucleartheftthatVladimirKolesnik,thedeputychiefofS
4、t.Petersburg’sorganized-crimedepartment,hasthwartedsincelastMay.“Theproblem,”hesays,“isthatsecuritystandardshaveslackened,andvirtuallyeverybodywhohasaccessto4nuclearmaterialscouldstealsomething.”ThefirstsymptomsofthenuclearplaguearespreadingintoEurope.Afteryearsofscaresandfalsealarm
5、s—almostallthesupposedbomb-gradegoodsonofferturnedouttobefraudulent—Germanpolicehaveinthepastfourmonthsuncoveredfourcasesofsmugglednuclearmaterialthatcouldactuallybeusedtomakeanatombomb.ThebiggesthaulcameonAug.10,whenLufthansaFlight3369fromMoscowlandedinMunichwith350gramsofatomicfue
6、laboard.5Asithappened,sowasVictorSidorenko,Russia’sDeputyMinisterforAtomicEnergy,whoseagencysupervisesMoscow’sstocksoffissionablematerials.6Thelead-linedsuitcasewascarryingMOX—mixed-oxidefuelforreactorsbutperfectlyusableinabombsinceitcontainedplutoniumenrichedto87%.7AColombianandtwo
7、Spaniardswerearrested.WhiletheGermansmadeitclearthattheydidnotsuspectSidorenkoofanyinvolvementinthecase,theyhadnodoubtsthatitwasthedeputyminister’scountryfromwhichthedangerousstuffhadcome.Itwas,saidBavarianInteriorMinisterGuntherBeckman,“thebiggest-everplutoniumfindinGermany,andprob
8、ablytheworld.”896Tw
