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Shipment of radioactively contaminated spare parts rejected at Aqaba port
By JT - Dec 18,2017 - Last updated at Dec 18,2017
AMMAN — The Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission (EMRC) on Sunday announced rejecting a shipment of radioactively contaminated spare parts, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Monday.
The shipment, which arrived at Aqaba port, was returned to the country of origin after EMRC personnel discovered that the shipment contained Caesium-137 and Caesium-134. Until November 2017, the commission conducted 1.5 million tests on imports at 49 testing gates in 11 air, sea and land ports, according to Petra.
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