Lebanon
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Cs-137 source found in a scrap container prepared for export |
On April 19, 2007 the on field surveyors from the Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission (LAEC) were performing their routine surveillance of the scrap containers prepared for export on Tripoli Port. Using handheld survey equipment (Exploranium GR-110), they measured a reading equivalent to 220 nanoSv/hr on a 20 ft container (background is around 70 nanoSv/hr). They unloaded the container and upon tracing the source of radiation they found a lead sphere-like object which was expected to be a source shield, within it a cesium-137 source was found.
