[ RadSafe ] Po-210 poisoning of Litwinenko

[Thomas Johnston]

Hello Franz,
At a previous position I held recently, a Russian scientist told me of this
incident and coverage of this story in a well-known Russian newspaper (not
Pravda). The newspaper account detailed how Litvinenko was involved with
Po-210 smuggling operations and had apparently contaminated his own self.

A popular online self-edited reference details this event.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Litvinenko_poisoning

These accounts are my own opinion, and do not reflect that of my employer.

Kindest regards,



Thomas Johnston

Health Physicist

NIST Center for Neutron Research

National Institute for Standards and Technology

100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1733

Gaithersburg, MD 20899


2009/4/28 Franz Schönhofer <franz.schoenhofer at chello.at>

> Dear collegues,
>
>
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Thank you for any information!
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>
>
> Franz
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> Franz Schoenhofer, PhD
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> MinRat i.R.
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> Habicherg. 31/7
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> A-1160 Wien/Vienna
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