The cylinders, which are believed to have been left over from a Soviet-era generator, were discovered by three men gathering wood from a forest in December in Georgias breakaway region of Abkhazia. Seeing the objects had melted the surrounding snow, the men dragged them back to their camp for warmth. Initial exposure to the cylinders high levels of the radioactive element, strontium-90, left the men nauseous, and within a week they were suffering from radiation burns. One of them is now in a very serious condition, and may be transferred to a specialist hospital in France.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1795000/1795792.stm
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