RUSIA
Explosión en sitio de misiles ruso
August 8, 2019 - Un pico de corto plazo en los niveles de radiación se registró en la ciudad de Severodvinsk, en el norte de Rusia, luego que un motor cohete explotó en un sitio de pruebas militares cerca de la población de Nyonoksa.
A liquid-propellant rocket engine exploded killing two people on Thursday in Russia’s northern Arkhangelsk region.
“A short-term rise in background radiation was recorded at 12 o’clock in Severodvinsk,” Ksenia Yudina, a spokeswoman for the city authorities, was quoted as saying.
City officials said background radiation levels had fully “normalized.” The population of Severodvinsk was 185,000 at the beginning of 2017, according to officials.