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Titolo: Ex-nuclear minister denies Russian origin of polonium-210

Ex-nuclear minister denies Russian origin of polonium-210 
19:37 | 27/ 11/ 2006 
 
 
MOSCOW, November 27 (RIA Novosti) - Polonium-210, a radioactive isotope
that was allegedly used to poison a Russian defector in London, could not
have originated in Russia, a former nuclear minister said Monday. 
Last Friday the UK Health Protection Agency reported traces of a fatal
dose of Po-210 in the body of Russian ex-FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko,
who died after spending three weeks in a London hospital. Western media
circulated rumors that the isotope, a by-product of uranium, could have
been brought to the UK from Russia. 
"If you asked me whether polonium-210 could end up in private possession
in Russia, I would definitely say no, it could not," said Viktor
Mikhailov, the director of the Institute of Strategic Stability in Moscow. 
"I also think it is barely possible that it [polonium-210] could have been
taken from technical research instruments in Russia," he said, adding that
all radioactive materials in the country are subject to strict state
control. 
Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence officer and a close associate of
Russia's fugitive oligarch Boris Berezovsky, was reportedly poisoned in
sushi restaurant Itsu on November 1. Traces of radiation were detected in
the restaurant, in the Millennium hotel in central London which Litvinenko
visited on the same day, and in his apartment in the north of the capital. 
During an ongoing investigation, British doctors will conduct radiological
tests on people who could also have been subjected to radiation in these
locations. 
The media circulated the deathbed note of Litvinenko, who defected in 2000
and has been known as a fierce Kremlin critic, in which he accused Russian
President Vladimir Putin of orchestrating his death. He made similar
accusations in an English newspaper earlier. 
However, another Russian expert, academician Yevgeny Velikhov also ruled
out on Monday the possibility of a Russian origin of radioactive isotopes. 
"Every isotope [in Russia] is under control," Velikhov, who is the
director of the Kurchatov nuclear research institute said. "It cannot be
found freely on the market." 
But he said polonium can be easily obtained in medical facilities in
Europe. 
"I know that it [polonium-210] is widely used for various purposes,
particularly in the space industry," he said. "And I also know an
unpleasant story - if you want to obtain a radioactive isotope, you can
simply go to a hospital in Vienna and take it from a medicine cabinet." 
The UK Home Secretary John Reid made a special statement to the Commons on
Monday related to investigation into Litvineko's death where he said there
were no recent reports on theft or disappearance of polonium-210 in Great
Britain.
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