Theft of radioactive material in Tammiku

The theft of radioactive material in Tammiku took place in 1994. A large caesium-137 source was stolen from a nuclear waste storage facility by scrap metal scavengers in Tammiku, Männiku, Saku Parish, Estonia. The man who carried the source home received a 4,000 rad whole-body dose and died 12 days after stealing the source.^[1] In addition to the one human casualty, five people were irradiated and one dog died.^[2]

The storage facility was decommissioned in 2008 and 55TBq worth of radioactive waste was sorted and disposed of.^[3]

References[]

^ The Radiological Accident in Tammiku (PDF) (Report). IAEA. 1998. ISBN 92-0-100698-5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
^ "Tammiku stolen source, 1994". www.johnstonsarchive.net.
^ "Tammikult teisaldati Eesti ohtlikemad radioaktiivsed jäätmed". 26 October 2011.

External links[]

Tammiku stolen source, 1994 Robert Johnston. Tammiku stolen source, 1994. Johnston's Archive.

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[1] The Radiological Accident in Tammiku (PDF) (Report). IAEA. 1998. ISBN 92-0-100698-5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

[2] "Tammiku stolen source, 1994". www.johnstonsarchive.net.

[3] "Tammikult teisaldati Eesti ohtlikemad radioaktiivsed jäätmed". 26 October 2011.

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