TBILISI, Georgia (CNN) -- Experts from the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog have been helping Georgian scientists transfer two radioactive devices, discovered in the remote west of the country, to a secure storage site in the capital, Tbilisi.
The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency team has had to trek through the snows of the remote Caucusus mountains to recover the devices.
Wearing protective clothing, and using long metal tongs the two Soviet era radioactive batteries were plucked, steaming, from the bushes, and encased in lead.
During the Cold War, Soviet and U.S. military forces both used radioactive batteries to power satellites in space, or remote communication equipment on the ground.
Leftovers are now believed to be scattered across the former Soviet Union.
The devices -- which contain highly radioactive Strontium-90 -- were found by three local woodsmen, WHO USED THEIR GLOWING HEAT TO KEEP WARM.
It was the injuries, radiation burns, caused by contact with the batteries that first alerted the authorities to the latest problem. Two are still in hospital.---------
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