[ RadSafe ] Po-210 poisoning of Litwinenko

[Franz Schönhofer]

Dear collegues,

 

A few years ago a Russian (Mr. Litwinenko) was poisoned in London with
Po-210 and died subsequently. At the time of the incident I have been in
London and I remember that mass media were full with mostly ridiculous
speculations. Never after that time I have read any scientific article about
the murder, I rather had the impression that facts were covered up. 

 

I wonder whether there has ever been a scientific paper dealing with the
scientific facts behind the murder – i.e: how much Po-210 and in which form
was used and especially I would be interested in knowing about the results
of analysis of concentrations in body fluids and the dosimetric aspects. 

 

Thank you for any information!

 

Franz

 

Franz Schoenhofer, PhD

MinRat i.R.

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A-1160 Wien/Vienna

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