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Décembre 2006 / Financial Times

UN atomic watchdog reviews classification of polonium as ’safe’



UN atomic watchdog reviews classification of polonium as ’safe’

By Stephen Fidler in London

Published : December 13 2006 02:00 | Last updated : December 13 2006 02:00

The United Nations atomic watchdog is undertakinga review of its relativelysafe classification of polonium 210 following thedeath of Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian intelligence officer.

Until now the radioactive isotope responsible for Litvinenko’s death was deemed "unlikely to be dangerous" and placed in category 4 (...)