Norway May Have Found Radioactivity From Failed Russian Missile

August 16, 2019

Voice of America:

Norway is studying radioactivity in the air days after an explosion during the test of a rocket engine in Russia killed five people.

Norway’s radiation and nuclear safety office, known as the DSA, said it had detected small amounts of radioactive iodine at a research station in Svanhovd, near the country’s border with Russia. The radioactive substance was collected between August 9 and 12.

The accident took place August 8 in Arkhangelsk, an area in northwestern Russia.

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