After Universitas recently revealed that the University of Oslo has been withholding information on sources of radiation from the public, the Institute for Radiation Protection (Statens Strålevern) has now released a list of sources of radiation at the University. The annual report for 2002 reveals substantial faults. Ole Reistad, section head at the Institute, says that the situation is untenable. The report indicates unacceptable disorder in the laboratories using radiation sources. Reistad points out that the substances used represent a health hazard if they are not stored and handled in accordance with regulations. University director Hanne Harlem believes that the University now has a much better overview over matters, and notes that the University is now pursuing the problems systematically.

Guard Caught Burglars

A wave of burglaries at the beginning of the term climaxed on Wednesday night, when security guard Leif Granly surprised five burglars about to clean out the Frederikke kiosk. Granly had to run for his life when one of the burglars attacked him with a crow bar. Having escaped over the icy square, Granly called the police. When the police arrived, the burglars had escaped, without any of their loot, however. Granly thinks that the gang of burglars he surprised is the same group that has burgled the University several times previously this year.