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November 25, the customs control system “Aujay-Shymkent” (South Kazakhstan) when inspecting baggage of a citizen who arrived from China discovered a powerful radiation background. Alarm triggered by two packages of cashews brought from China, local reports MEDIA. A citizen of Kazakhstan before returning home bought in China for its dear guests – two bags of selected nuts cashew. However, when baggage from the Urumqi-Shymkent flight passed customs inspection in the arrival hall, automated radiation monitoring system. The increase in radiation came from the bags with nuts. The radiation background from the first package was 0.86-1.05 microsievert per hour, from the second 1.2-1.36 microsievert per hour. For by comparison, the natural background power of the area is 0.09-0.12 microsievert per hour. Dangerous gifts were seized from citizen and placed in the designated area for this checkpoint “Aujay-Shymkent”. Now they deal with nuts sanitary and epidemiological surveillance specialists. Deliveries to Kazakhstan from China different consignments are carried out regularly. Soyuz, for example, has many different types cargo from the European Union, Germany, Turkey and Russia. However from china very carefully have to check the received consignment for ecology. Larisa CHUGUNOVA
Kazakhstan China Russia
