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Radioactive Materials Trafficking Liane Hansen talks with Abel Julio Gonzalez, director of radiation safety for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), about efforts to keep highly radioactive objects in the country of Georgia out of terrorist hands. Gonzalez says his agency has sent a team to retrieve the objects. Georgia has a history of nuclear materials trafficking.

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Radioactive Materials Trafficking

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Radioactive Materials Trafficking

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Liane Hansen talks with Abel Julio Gonzalez, director of radiation safety for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), about efforts to keep highly radioactive objects in the country of Georgia out of terrorist hands. Gonzalez says his agency has sent a team to retrieve the objects. Georgia has a history of nuclear materials trafficking.