Radioactive cloud over Europe may have come from nuclear accident in Russia or Kazakhstan
 

French institute says pollution suggests release of nuclear material in Russia or Kazakhstan in September


A cloud of radioactive pollution over Europe in recent weeks indicates that an accident has happened in a nuclear facility in Russia or Kazakhstan in the last week of September, French nuclear safety institute IRSN said on Thursday.

The IRSN ruled out an accident in a nuclear reactor, saying it was likely to be in a nuclear fuel treatment site or centre for radioactive medicine. There has been no impact on human health or the environment in Europe, the IRSN said.

IRSN, the technical arm of French nuclear regulator ASN, said in a statement it could not pinpoint the location of the release of radioactive material but that based on weather patterns, the most plausible zone lay south of the Ural mountains, between the Urals and the Volga river.


This could indicate Russia or possibly Kazakhstan, an IRSN official said.

"Russian authorities have said they are not aware of an accident on their territory," IRSN director Jean-Marc Peres told Reuters. He added that the institute had not yet been in contact with Kazakh authorities.

A spokeswoman for the Russian Emergencies Ministry said she could not immediately comment. It was not immediately possible to reach authorities in Kazakhstan or the Kazakh embassy in Moscow.

Continued Radioactive cloud over Europe may have come from nuclear accident in Russia or Kazakhstan

they kept chernobyl disaster secret for some time too...

jeez..nuclear power was a big fuckin mistake

No. Nuclear Power is good. It's letting old and crumbling reactors continue to operate is what is bad.

Good to see Germany getting rid of it, doing the right thing. It's just not worth the risk having nuclear power stations on the planet, as it's just a matter of time until someone screws up or mother nature takes one down. Anyone who cares about this planet should be fully against nuclear power stations.

Germany's nuclear phase-out explained

"The IRSN said that the concentrations of ruthenium 106 in the air that have been recorded in Europe were of no consequence for human health and the environment."

"The name is derived from 'Ruthenia', the Latin name for Russia"
Ruthenium - Element information, properties and uses | Periodic Table

it is even interesting, Putin sends signal for EU?

Maybe its the stench from all the migrants