Kyrgyzstan 'foils plutonium plot'

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By Ian MacWilliam
BBC correspondent in Central Asia



Authorities in Kyrgyzstan say they have arrested two men who were trying to sell a large quantity of plutonium on the black market.
The men were detained last week near the capital, Bishkek, but the news was not immediately released.

There has been growing concern that radioactive materials from former Soviet military or research sites could fall into the hands of extremists.

Plutonium is very toxic and can be used in atomic weapons or as reactor fuel.

The highly radioactive material could be used to make a dirty bomb - a non-nuclear explosive which scatters radioactive material packed inside it.

Concern

The national security service in the remote mountainous republic says it arrested two Kyrgyz citizens and confiscated 60 small containers containing plutonium-239.

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