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A Russian Ecologist’s Confession: For Speaking About Radioactive Contamination from Mayak,  I Was Forced to Leave the Country

A Russian Ecologist’s Confession: For Speaking About Radioactive Contamination from Mayak, I Was Forced to Leave the Country

Nuclear Safety November 27, 2017 at 3:08 am 0 comments

The Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring has finally published information on the releases of ruthenium-106 in the Urals. In the period from September 26 to October 1, in the areas adjacent to Mayak PA in the Chelyabinsk region, Roshydromet recorded an extremely high radionuclide.

In Russia This Week, a Radioactive Plume That’s Clouded in Secrecy

In Russia This Week, a Radioactive Plume That’s Clouded in Secrecy

Now, evidence is emerging of a potentially new nuclear accident and indications point once again to Mayak as one of the likely culprits. Ironically, if there was indeed an accident there, it happened on or around the precise anniversary of the 1957 disaster. The Research Institute of Atomic Reactors in Dimitrovgrad in the region is another possible suspect.