The first signals about the traces of radioactive substances were transmitted nuclear security services Finland Norway and Sweden – he writes on his BBC website.
On Friday, information about a higher than usual level of isotopes in the atmosphere was also confirmed by the Organization for the Total Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBTO). Her executive secretary Lassina Zerbo posted on Twitter short information with a map, which shows that the issue covered virtually all of Scandinavia and the Baltic States. The particles were to appear in the air over Scandinavia from June 22-23, Zerbo said.
According to the Dutch Institute of Health and the Environment, the source of increased radiation could have been a leak fuel caused by a failure in one of the nuclear power plants located in the north of Russia. This is indicated by mathematical models – underlined. However, the Institute refused to provide the exact location.
According to statement issued on Sunday by Rosenergoatom in the two nuclear power plants that are closest to the Scandinavian Peninsula – the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant and located in the Murmansk Oblast of the Kolsko Nuclear Power Plant – “there was no leakage, and both gyms are operating in the normal mode.” The statement emphasized that “no complaints or complaints regarding the functioning of the equipment in both power plants have reached Rosenergoatom”.
Information on the release of cesium-134, cesium-137 and ruthenium-103 isotopes into the atmosphere has caused concern in the Baltic States. The presence of trace amounts of radioactive isotopes of cesium, cobalt and ruthenium over Estonia was confirmed on Friday by the nuclear safety department at the ministry health public of this country.
The Foreign Minister of Estonia Urmas Reinsalu held consultations with the heads of diplomacy of Finland, Lithuania and Latvia on Sunday, the Estonian newspaper Postimees said. The daily quoted the minister’s words: “Although the level of presence of these isotopes does not pose any threat to human life, it is in the interest of our country and in the interest of international security to determine the dynamics of the phenomenon, which undoubtedly has its source in human activity.”
According to the BBC, a possible source of isotope emissions may be nuclear waste that Russia has stored in the Far North, including unused ships. Recently, attempts have been made to liquidate them partially, which could have caused a leak.
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