N.Korean ship is clean: Experts

New Delhi, Sept. 6: The North Korean ship, which was detained by the Coast Guard after a chase in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in the week first week of August, had no traces of chemical, biological, radioactive or nuclear material, two nuclear scientists said on Sunday in their final report.
After critically examining the ship M V Mu San at Kakinada port a team of scientists from Kalapakkam there were concluded there found no “CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radioactive and Nuclear) traces” from the ship official sources said here.
The report was handed over to authorities on Sunday.
Though the preliminary search of the ship at Andaman had raised suspicions in this regard, the security agencies, however, wanted a thorough investigation of M V Mu San by bringing the vessel to Kakinada port in Andhra Pradesh to find out whether there was any CBRN consignment.
Searches were conducted with sophisticated equipment after offloading the entire cargo of 16,500 tonnes of sugar from the ship in nearly three lakh gunny bags.
The North Korean vessel dropped anchor off Hut Bay island in the Andaman islands on August 6 without permission and was detained by the Coast Guard after an over- six-hour chase.