The State Customs Committee will conduct exercises to practice actions upon detection of an ionizing radiation source at the "Urbany" border crossing point

October 19, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The State Customs Committee of Belarus will hold a tactical special exercise on October 20 at the Urbany checkpoint of the Vitebsk customs to practice actions upon detection of an ionizing radiation source, the STC press service informed a BELTA correspondent. The interaction of republican government bodies in case of an emergency will be practiced. The exercise will involve employees of structural divisions of the State Customs Committee, the State Border Committee, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Health, the National Academy of Sciences, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, and the mobile laboratory of the Polotsk Border Detachment. Customs officials and border guards, as well as representatives of other government bodies, will practice a set of joint actions upon detection of an ionizing radiation source, ensuring radiation safety, conducting additional radiation control, and transferring the source for disposal. The results of the tactical special exercise will be used in the preparation of regulatory legal acts that define the procedure for actions of customs officials and other government bodies upon detection of ionizing radiation sources, as well as in case of their detention during movement across the customs border of the Republic of Belarus. -0-