Things you should know about the radiation scare in Shah Alam

Cleaner Sandhi showing the place she found the radioactive materials made of depleted uranium and iridium-192 at the Seri Era Apartments. — Photos: The Star/KK Sham

The discovery that items containing depleted uranium and iridium-192 – both radioactive materials – had been dumped by thieves at the Seri Era Apartments in Desa Latania, Shah Alam, Selangor, has raised the spectre of radioactive exposure for residents and visitors to that area.

The materials, reportedly dismantled from two industrial radiographic exposure devices, were dumped in a rubbish bin at the Rukun Tetangga room in the apartment building.