The radioactive Romanians! Pair stopped at Austrian border test positive after storing their food and drinks alongside nuclear material

Austrian police discovered two radioactive Romanians during a routine check at the border after the pair decided to keep their food and water cold by storing it next to potentially deadly chemicals.
Gheorge Ionescu, 43, and Dorin Nicolea, 38, were travelling to Romania when they were pulled over.
The police, who wanted to check what they were carrying at the Nickelsdorf border crossing with Hungary, used a special detection device to reveal that the vehicle was radioactive.

Gheorge Ionescu, 43, and Dorin Nicolea, 38, were found with a van full of radioactive material

And even more amazing – the pair had stored their food and bottles of mineral water to drink on the journey in the back of the van with the radioactive material.

They told officers that the radioactive material was in a refrigerated part of the van and this was ideal for keeping their food and drink cold.
The astonished officers also found however that the entire vehicle was contaminated by the nuclear material.

The pair had stored the food and drink containers with the radioactive material as it was cooler in there

The box where Jod-131 was stored was not secure, despite being used to transport the nuclear material dozens of times.
They told police they had been making numerous trips back and forth between Holland and Romania carrying the Jod-131.

Austrian police secured the vehicle with lead before allowing it to return to Romania

The pair were taken to hospital for treatment when they were discovered..
They were also warned that they must seek urgent care when they return to Romania.
Jod-131 plays a key role in medical diagnostic and treatment procedures, and the men had obtained it legally – but were transporting it illegally and not in a secure way.
Tests on the two men found that both had been exposed to radiation and were more than 40 times over what was considered to be the safe limit.
Police fitted the vehicle with extra lead covering to ensure that it was safe to transport.
it was then transported to Romania where Romanian officials were waiting to deal with the problem.
A police spokesman said: 'The seem to be completely unaware of the danger – storing their mineral water for the journey in the back with the radioactive material was a major reason why both have probably ended up so contaminated'
Ionescu and Nicolea, were fined and the Romanian Ministry of Transport has been informed.

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