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| Experimental ‘isotope & liquid-propellant’ engine blast kills 5 Russian nuclear experts – Rosatom | Experimental ‘isotope & liquid-propellant’ engine blast kills 5 Russian nuclear experts – Rosatom |
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| Five staff of Russia’s nuclear corporation Rosatom were killed and three suffered serious burns in the blast during a test of a liquid-propellant engine that resulted in a brief spike of radiation around the military testing site. | Five staff of Russia’s nuclear corporation Rosatom were killed and three suffered serious burns in the blast during a test of a liquid-propellant engine that resulted in a brief spike of radiation around the military testing site. |
| The Rosatom engineering and technical team was working on the ”isotope power source" for a propulsion system on Thursday, when the accident happened. The blast resulted in a background radiation spike, which quickly returned back to normal. | |
| “As a result of the accident at the military firing range in Arkhangelsk region during liquid reactive propulsion system tests, five employees of the state corporation Rosatom were killed,” the company said. Three military and civilian specialists remain in serious condition, but their injuries are “not life-threatening,” a source in the regional emergency services said. | “As a result of the accident at the military firing range in Arkhangelsk region during liquid reactive propulsion system tests, five employees of the state corporation Rosatom were killed,” the company said. Three military and civilian specialists remain in serious condition, but their injuries are “not life-threatening,” a source in the regional emergency services said. |
| The secrecy around the failed military test and initial tight-lipped statements by the Defense Ministry immediately triggered multiple conspiracy theories about authorities trying to conceal nothing less than a Chernobyl-scale incident. | The secrecy around the failed military test and initial tight-lipped statements by the Defense Ministry immediately triggered multiple conspiracy theories about authorities trying to conceal nothing less than a Chernobyl-scale incident. |
| A leaked video of hazmat-suited specialists taking measurements on the helicopter that airlifted the burn victims only added fuel to rumors, even though the medical personnel was clearly visible unloading the injured without any additional precautions. | A leaked video of hazmat-suited specialists taking measurements on the helicopter that airlifted the burn victims only added fuel to rumors, even though the medical personnel was clearly visible unloading the injured without any additional precautions. |
| The site is one of the main research and development facilities for the Russian Navy, where sea-based ballistic, intercontinental, cruise and anti-aircraft missiles are being developed and tested. It is located some 30km west of the city of Severodvinsk, in the Arkhangelsk region, which is home to a major base of the Northern Fleet. | |
| Severodvinsk authorities placed rescue services on high alert as measurements immediately after the incident showed background radiation levels three times above the safe limit of 0.6 microsieverts. In less than half an hour, however, they dropped back to normal – and the daily average remained within the norms, thus posing little risk for the population, city authorities said. | Severodvinsk authorities placed rescue services on high alert as measurements immediately after the incident showed background radiation levels three times above the safe limit of 0.6 microsieverts. In less than half an hour, however, they dropped back to normal – and the daily average remained within the norms, thus posing little risk for the population, city authorities said. |
| “We are monitoring [the radiation levels] around the clock. Over the last 24 hours, no change was witnessed,” Severodvinsk's city administration said Friday. | “We are monitoring [the radiation levels] around the clock. Over the last 24 hours, no change was witnessed,” Severodvinsk's city administration said Friday. |
| Soil, air and water samples examined by a team of scientists lead by the federal Consumer Protection agency also found no abnormal radiation readings. | Soil, air and water samples examined by a team of scientists lead by the federal Consumer Protection agency also found no abnormal radiation readings. |
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