By IANS/RIA Novosti,
Kiev : A Ukrainian court has sentenced eight members of a criminal group to up to eight and a half years in prison for trading in radioactive materials stolen from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, said the Kiev City Prosecutor’s Office Tuesday.
The men sold depleted uranium items stolen from the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
The court found them guilty of “illegal handling of radioactive materials committed by an organised group”.
Depleted uranium is used in aircraft and rocket building, medical equipment and the transport and defence industry, in particular, to manufacture armour sheets and armour piercing shells.
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