Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) said it has found small amounts of radioactive isotopes of cobalt, ruthenium and caesium in air samples collected in Helsinki between 16 and 17 June. Radiation authorities in Sweden and Norway have reported similar findings.
Pia Vesterbacka, who heads environmental radiation surveillance at STUK, said there was no cause for alarm as the detected radioactive material was too minute to pose any risk.
"The amount of radioactive particles is very small and has no impact on the environment or human health," she explained.
Samples from Finland's seven other radiation monitoring stations have yet to be analysed.
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"Investigations are still ongoing...at this point we would not want to come out and say the radiation originated in Russia," she said.
Also on Radio Free Europe, pointing to a tweet of Lassina Zerbo, the head of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, tweet that shows a map of the possible source region in the 72h preceding detection.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 28 2020, @07:17PM (4 children)
Found it! [worldometers.info]: on June 15th and 16th, they had only 4 cases/day. Since then, the infection rate has risen again to 14/day (on the 19th) and even 19/day (on the 26th).
So that's conclusive proof the ITU did it. Right?
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Sunday June 28 2020, @09:04PM (3 children)
As a former co-worker of mine used to say, never underestimate the power of coincidence.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 28 2020, @11:25PM
Yes but did the police ever believe him?
(Score: 3, Funny) by JoeMerchant on Monday June 29 2020, @02:54AM (1 child)
Used to say... was the advent of his silence coincidental with anything interesting?
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(Score: 2) by RS3 on Monday June 29 2020, @03:08AM
I'm powerless to say.