Nuclear security/ poland

THE CASE OF POLAND’S STOLEN RADIOLOGICAL MATERIAL – ANALYSIS

On 6 March 2015, 22 canisters, each weighing 45kg-70kg (100-154lbs.) containing radioactive cobalt-60, were stolen from a Poznan warehouse on 6 March 2015.^[2]  The control of radiological materials in Poland is the responsibility of the National Atomic Energy Agency, known by its Polish language acronym, the PAA,^[3] which reported the theft to the International Atomic Energy Agency on or around 19 March 2015.^[4] On 10 March, Polish police arrested four persons (one of whom worked at the warehouse) and charged them with the 6 March theft.