In the case of the secret Tests of nuclear U-boats: Explosion kills seven people, radio activity leaked

In the case of the Explosion at a secret nuclear facility in the North of Russia, a total of seven people have lost their lives. Tested here new engines for nuc

In the case of the secret Tests of nuclear U-boats: Explosion kills seven people, radio activity leaked

In the case of the Explosion at a secret nuclear facility in the North of Russia, a total of seven people have lost their lives. Tested here new engines for nuclear submarines.

Arkhangelsk - In an incident on a military site in Russia are at least seven people were killed. First was just two, then five deaths in the speech. In addition, several people were injured.

came the Explosion during the Test of a new engine. The terrain, on the missiles for nuclear submarines will be tested, is located in the vicinity of the port city of Severodvinsk near Arkhangelsk on the White sea.

Explosion in Russia - not the first accident in the case of Atom-U-boot

The Ministry of defence had initially stressed that in the incident no harmful substances are contact. The city administration noted, however temporarily increased radioactive radiation. The readings had returned to normal, but already at noon, it said.

the people of The Region could nevertheless have bought out of fear of Iodine is enhanced in pharmacies, local media reported. Some of the inhabitants had with radiation measuring devices in many households, an increase in radioactivity measured. The environmental activists of Greenpeace in Russia, requested re-Inspections.

It was not the first serious accident in the Region. In December 2015, a rocket crashed into a village in the vicinity of Severodvinsk during a test flight in a residential area. In the same year, a fire broke out in the shipyard in the port city in welding workers on a Russian nuclear submarine.

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Date Of Update: 10 August 2019, 12:00
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