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A radiation beats in the European elevators

Information was published on site www.ura-inform.com 2008, October, 25th

In the European elevators of production of the American company OTIS were found the radioactive buttons. It was known since in France 20 workers, contacting with the buttons, got the higher dose of radiation.

In the European elevators of production of the American company OTIS were found the radioactive buttons. It was known since in France 20 workers, contacting with the buttons, got the higher dose of radiation. Firm was obliged to recognize a mistake and start to recall from exploitation of the elevator buttons, set in the last pair of months in five hundred elevators through this country.

As edition reports, in repair parts found of Cobalt-60 - radioisotope, in-use, except for other, by physicians for the «firing» of cancer cells in the organism of man. From data of "Business press" edition, in industry the twice less concentration of cobalt-60 is used - for treatment of different materials, giving to him longevity. One of sources of formation of this element are reactors of the nuclear stations.

Exactly detail of written-off atomic reactors, medical equipment, and also frames of atomic submarines, could become reason of incident. To producing elevator repair parts of the Indian company Mafelec they could get from the suppliers of scrap-metal.

As it knew British edition, the same wares were supplied to Great Britain, Italy, Spain and other countries of Europe. To the USA this details did not reach, – they were detained on October, 10 in parisian air-port. Indian component part were supplied and to Sweden. There also fixed the insignificant level of radiation, however did not begin to remove details.

The representatives of OTIS and Mafelec endeavoured to diminish the value of incident. "In these wares it is not practically nothing poisonous. Grounds for panic are not present... I am sure that many firms get such repair parts, but simply it is not noticed", – main executive director Mafelec Zhil' Anri declared journalists.