Moscow Acknowledges Mysterious Rocket Explosion Involved Nuclear Workers
Russia’s state nuclear agency
acknowledged for the first time on Saturday that nuclear workers were involved in an explosion during a rocket engine test that caused a spike in radiation in a nearby city.
The agency, Rosatom,
said five people killed in the blast were its staff members, and the accident involved “isotope power sources,” giving no further details.
The Moscow Times
Radiation Spike Fuels Scramble for Iodine in Russian Cities Near Explosion
Residents of two northern Russian cities are stocking up on iodine that is used to reduce the effects of radiation exposure after a mysterious accident at a nearby military testing site, regional media have reported.
The Defense Ministry
has given few details of the accident, saying only that two people were killed and six injured by the explosion of a liquid-propelled rocket engine at a test site in Russia’s north.
Authorities have shut down an area of the Dvina Bay in the White Sea to shipping for a month near the accident site, without explaining why.
The Moscow Times
Russian rocket test explosion leads to radiation leak
https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/10/russia-rocket-test-radiation-leak/