An informant tipped off the anti-narcotics unit to check the City Grand Hotel on January 12. Responding to the call, the officers found two metals sealed in a lead box marked “uranium”, according to Mandalay District director Police Lieutenant Colonel Sein Tun.
The two bits of metal weigh 2 kilograms, he said.
To confirm if the seized metals are actually uranium, they have been sent for analysis to the Department of Atomic Energy in Yangon’s Bahan township.
Uranium is a naturally occurring radioactive element, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. It is weakly radioactive and contributes to low levels of natural background radiation in the environment, but can be used to create enormous amounts of energy when fissioned.
“We haven’t heard any response about the tests so far,” said Pol Lt Col Sein Tun. (Courtesy of Myanmar Times)
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