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Russia says rocket explosion caused 16-fold radiation spike
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Radiation levels near the site of a deadly rocket explosion in Russia's far north spiked 16 times above normal, Russia's weather service has said. Russia says rocket explosion caused 16-fold radiation spike
Radiation levels near the site of a deadly rocket explosion in Russia's far north spiked 16 times above normal, Russia's weather service has said.
Rosgidromet measured radiation levels in the port city of Severodvinsk after the blast.
The explosion happened off the coast of the city at a military facility in the White Sea last Thursday.
Russia's state nuclear agency, Rosatom, said a nuclear-powered engine was being tested.
The radiation spike that followed the apparent explosion of a nuclear-powered missile engine in Russia -- an event that left seven dead and has been cloaked in secrecy -- was higher than previously indicated by the country's officials, Russian government weatheragency
Readings for gamma radiation at six testing stations in Severodvinsk, a city of 180,000 people, ranged from 4 to 16 times the normal rate of 0.11 microsieverts per hour, Rosgidromet said.
