Three Croatian arrests over radioactive material found in car

• Three Croatian nationals have been detained in Serbia.
• After radioactive material was found in their automobile.
• The three suspects are still being questioned by Serbian authorities.

Three Croatian nationals have been detained in Serbia after radioactive material was found in their automobile, according to local media.

Scanners discovered a “significant level” of radiation on Saturday as they were about to enter Croatia.

According to accounts, the head of a radioactive lightning rod was discovered in the spare tyre during a later examination of an Audi vehicle.

The three suspects are still being questioned by Serbian authorities.

At 20:30 on Saturday, the event took place at the Bezdan border crossing near the town of Sombor (19:30 GMT).

No information has been provided regarding the quantity of radioactive material involved or its possible effects, but according to Serbian media, workers at the border crossing were instructed to remove their clothing and undergo medical exams as a precaution.

According to reports, specialists from Serbia’s Vinca Nuclear Research Institute moved the lightning rod’s head to a more secure location.

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), hundreds of thousands of radioactive lightning rods have been put globally over the last few decades in the hope that they will increase the likelihood that lightning strikes will land on the rods rather than surrounding targets.

In a report last year, the IAEA said that “no convincing scientific evidence has been produced to demonstrate increased efficacy” and many countries had decided to stop the production of these devices. Some have started to remove the radioactive sources from the lightning rods that have already been installed.

The majority of the rods, according to the research, were put more than 50 years ago, before the introduction of nuclear safety requirements.

It further stated that there was no credible information regarding their total quantities or locations, let alone the degree of deterioration or decay of the protective cases or the radioactive substance inside.

It brought to light instances when dealers who were ignorant of the danger or presence of rod heads sold them as scrap metal.

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