Legal and Regulatory Framework for Radioactive Materials

Typical Trafficking Radioactive materials Two categories of radioactive substances: radioactive minerals and radioactive materials and devices. Radioactive Minerals The illicit trafficking of minerals is concerned with the unauthorized exploitation "Artisanal" of Cu, Co and associated ores: Cd, Au, Mn, Pb, Ag, Zn, Ni. An important U mineralization exists also in this the southern area of Katanga, with main U indications located in Shinkolobwe territory where this metal was extracted between 1945 and 1959. Many cases of unauthorized exploitation of minerals have been reported these recent years in local and international media Kenya, Mombasa, 2008 15

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