Georgia uranium-sale arrest Quantity and buyer unknown

Date unknown

TSN reports Georgian authorities detaining a man who allegedly tried to sell uranium-238 to a foreign buyer in a transaction valued at seven hundred thousand dollars. It explains the material's nuclear-energy/scientific uses, says the amount is unknown and describes investigation of the material's origin and intended buyer. The suspected illegal handling of nuclear material carries a possible sentence of up to ten years. Neither a completed sale nor the arrest's exact date is supplied.

Georgian authorities detain a man suspected of attempting to sell uranium-238 to a foreign buyer for seven hundred thousand dollars. TSN says the amount is unknown and the material's origin and intended buyer are being investigated. The account describes a possible maximum ten-year sentence and supplies neither a completed sale nor an exact arrest date.