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A radioactive container stolen several days ago from the Mexican city of Cardenas was found abandoned under a bridge on Wednesday.
The theft of dangerous radioactive material from a southern Iraqi city has raised security concerns worldwide, with officials fearing it could be used as a weapon by the Islamic State.
Five Mexican states have been put on alert after thieves stole hazardous radioactive material from a truck.
Five Mexican states have been put on alert after thieves stole hazardous radioactive material from a truck.The alert in Tabasco, Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca and Veracruz states was issued after a truck containing the radioactive element Iridium 192 was stolen from Cardenas in Tabasco on April 13.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi says 'security systems of the six reactors at the plant were not affected' and that 'there has been no release of radioactive material' after Russian troops attacked Europe's largest nuclear power plant (the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant), setting part of the Ukrainian facility ablaze in an assault the country's leader branded "nuclear terror" and said could endanger the continent. SOUNDBITE
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