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Russia Confirms Spike In Radioactivity In Southern Urals, Denies Nuclear Accident
RFE/RL

Russia's meteorological service says it measured "extremely high" concentrations of the radioactive isotope ruthenium-106 (Ru-106) in the Urals in late September.

The November 21 statement by Rosgidromet comes after France's nuclear-safety agency earlier this month said that a cloud of radioactive pollution over Europe in the last week of September probably originated from a nuclear facility in Russia or Kazakhstan.

Neither Russia nor Kazakhstan has acknowledged any accident.

Read more at: https://www.rferl.org/a/report-russia-confirms-radioactivty-ruthenium-106-emanating-southeastern-urals/28865773.html