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posted by mrpg on Sunday November 12 2017, @01:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the From-Russia-with-radioactive-pollution dept.

According to the French nuclear safety institute IRSN there might have been a nuclear accident in Russia or Kazakhstan in September. So far no news from the Russians.

A cloud of radioactive pollution over Europe in recent weeks indicates that an accident has happened in a nuclear facility in Russia or Kazakhstan in the last week of September, French nuclear safety institute IRSN said on Thursday.

The IRSN ruled out an accident in a nuclear reactor, saying it was likely to be in a nuclear fuel treatment site or center for radioactive medicine. There has been no impact on human health or the environment in Europe, the IRSN said.

[...] "Russian authorities have said they are not aware of an accident on their territory," IRSN director Jean-Marc Peres told Reuters. He added that the institute had not yet been in contact with Kazakh authorities.

This brings back flashbacks from when Chernobyl went boom in '86.

French institute suspects nuclear accident in Russia or Kazakhstan in September


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 12 2017, @09:21AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 12 2017, @09:21AM (#595864)

    Nuclear accidents report you!