POTENTIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL IN ADDIS ABABA

UNCLAS ADDIS ABABA 000963 SIPDIS FOR STATE ISN/WMDT AND PM/ISO/PMAT (24/7) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AF ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR PREL PTER SUBJECT: POTENTIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL IN ADDIS ABABA REF: A. (A)2007 STATE 162091 ¶B. (B)2006 163201 ¶1. (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illegal nuclear and/or radiological material. This report came to post's attention via photographic material. Information concerning this report was relayed by email to PMAT at 0800 on 23 April 2009. ¶2. Details of the incident follow: Location and Description of Material A) UNK B) Possible Plutonium C) Photo ID D) UNK E) UNK F) Yellow cylinder container with marking in English, radioactive emblem, and "Made in USSR" visible G) UNK H) UNK I) UNK J) UNK Alarm and Detection Detail K) Email sent to general PAS mailbox L) 1519 local time, 23 April 2009 M) UNK N) UNK O) UNK P) UNK Q) UNK Host Government Response R) UNK S) UNK T) UNK U) UNK V) Post's Public Affairs Section W) UNK X) UNK Y) UNK Z) UNK Details on Individuals Involved AA) UNK BB) UNK CC) UNK DD) UNK ¶3. (SBU) Action officer at post handling incident is ARSO David Dioguardi, reachable via 011-517-4386 and dioguardidb@state.gov. YAMAMOTO