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1、Unit3CrimeTextFormulaforTerrorOnasunnyafternoonincentralKaliningrad,aRussianenclaveontheBaltic,twoprivatesecurityguardsandatrading-companyexecutivestrolledalongaquietstreet.Theywereexpectingtomeetamiddle-agedmanfromSt.Petersburg.Inexchangefor$1million,theywouldhandovera20-cmby20-c
2、mmetalcontainerholdinghighlyradioactivematerial.Butasthetradersandtheirclientswereabouttomaketheiropen-airswapinmid-August,15policeofficerrushedouttograbthem.Thepoliceseizedthe59-kgcaseemittinggammaradiation.Untilaspecializedlaboratorycanexaminethematerial,thepolicecannotbesurewha
3、titisorwhereitwasstolenfrom,buttheybelieveitisdangerousandillicit.ThisisthesecondmajorcaseofnucleartheftthatVladimirKolesnik,thedeputychiefofSt.Petersburg’sorganized-crimedepartment,hasthwartedsincelastMay.“Theproblem,”hesays,“isthatsecuritystandardshaveslackened,virtuallyeverybod
4、ywhohasaccesstonuclearmaterialscouldstealsomething.”ThefirstsymptomsofthenuclearplaguearespreadingintoEurope.Afteryearsofscaresandfalsealarms—almostallthesupposedbomb-gradegoodsonofferturnedouttobedeceitful-Germanpolicehaveinthepastfourmonthsuncoveredfourcasesofnuclearmaterialthat
5、couldactuallybeusedtomakeanatombomb.ThebiggesthaulcameonAug.10,whenLufthansaFlight3369fromMoscowlandedinMunichwith350gramsofatomicfuelaboard.Asithappened,sowasVictorSidorenko,Russia’sDeputyMinisterforAtomicEnergy,whoseagencysupervisesMoscow’sstocksoffissionablematerials.Thelead-li
6、nedsuitcasewascarryingMOX—mixed-oxidefuelforreactorbutperfectlyusableinabombsinceitcontainedplutoniumenrichedto87%.AColombianandtwoSpaniardswerearrested.WhiletheGermansmadeitclearthattheydidnotsuspectSidorenkoofanyinvolvementinthecase,theyhadnodoubtsthatitwasthedeputyminister’scou
7、ntryfromwhichthedangerousstuffhadcome.Itwas,saidBavarianInteriorMinisterGuntherBeckman,“thebiggest–everplutoniumfindinGermany,andprobablytheworld”Twodayslater,atarailwaystationinBremen,a34-year-oldGermanmanwasarrestedtryingtopeddleasampleofplutoniumtoajournalistactingforthepolice.
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