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| Subject: Global network's nuclear sensors in Russia go dark after mystery blast Mon Aug 19, 2019 6:04 pm | |
| The operator of a global network of radioactive-particle sensors said on Monday its two Russian sites closest to a mysterious explosion went offline days after the blast, soon followed by two more, fuelling suspicions that Russia tampered with them.
An artist's rendering of Russia's 9M730 "Burevestnik" intercontinental cruise missile that engineers were working on when the explosion occurred.
The Russian Defence Ministry, which operates the two stations, did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Russia's state nuclear agency Rosatom has acknowledged that nuclear workers were killed in the explosion, which occurred during a rocket engine test near the White Sea in far northern Russia.
The explosion also caused a spike in radiation in a nearby city and prompted a local run on iodine, which is used to reduce the effects of radiation exposure.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/global-network-s-nuclear-sensors-in-russia-go-dark-after-mystery-blast-20190820-p52ipz.html |
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