Pakistan ads part of radiation campaign

Friday, 4 May 2007
Pakistan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority(PNRA) said that newspaper adverts urging members of the public toinform officials if they found any "lost or stolen" radioactivematerial are part of a public awareness campaign. The authority saidthat no radioactive material had been lost or stolen in Pakistan. APNRA spokesman, Zaheer Ayub Baig, told World Nuclear News,"We have a record of all the radioactive sources imported into thecountry, those that are being used and also those that have beendisposed of." However, he added that there was a "very remote chancewhere a source imported into the country some forty or fifty years agoor before the creation of Pakistan, that could not be taken on ourcharge." He said the radioactive sources could have been imported inscrap or old machinery. Baig added that there was a need to make thepublic familiar with the radiation warning sign and for making it awareof such sources of radiation. He said that a similar public awarenesscampaign regarding X-rays would soon be launched.

Pakistan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) said that newspaper adverts urging members of the public to inform officials if they found any "lost or stolen" radioactive material are part of a public awareness campaign. The authority said that no radioactive material had been lost or stolen in Pakistan. A PNRA spokesman, Zaheer Ayub Baig, told World Nuclear News, "We have a record of all the radioactive sources imported into the country, those that are being used and also those that have been disposed of." However, he added that there was a "very remote chance where a source imported into the country some forty or fifty years ago or before the creation of Pakistan, that could not be taken on our charge." He said the radioactive sources could have been imported in scrap or old machinery. Baig added that there was a need to make the public familiar with the radiation warning sign and for making it aware of such sources of radiation. He said that a similar public awareness campaign regarding X-rays would soon be launched.

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