[Xinhua News Agency, Associated Press, 19 May] Chinese news sources reported that 32 radioactive sources buried in buildings collapsed in the wake of the Sichuan earthquake have been safely cordoned off, with all but two already recovered. The radioactive sources were thought to be for civilian use, such as those used in hospitals, industrial processes or research, and not associated with any military facitilities in the earthquake-affected region. On 17 May a senior Chinese military officer said that all nuclear facilities in the region were "safe and secure". Ma Jian, deputy director of the Combat Department of the General Staff Headquarters of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), said that nuclear facilities in the region had be put under "strict protection" by armed police and the People's Liberation Army. Ma said that there had been only minor damage to military facilities in the region.
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