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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said it cannot identify the location of a nuclear reactor possibly related to an increase in background radiation, as reported by several Nordic countries last week, including Finland and Sweden.
A Dutch research institute said the source of the increased radioactivity was in Russia, another theory reported that the radiation background had increased due to burned wood in Latvia that was still contaminated after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster .
Russian nuclear power company Rosenergatom has denied allegations that the incident may have occurred at one of its two nuclear power plants, and a French NGO has denied Latvia’s theory based on detected isotopes.
The increased level of radioactivity “is likely related to a nuclear reactor that is operating or under maintenance, which sometimes releases small amounts of radioactive material,” the IAEA said in a statement.
The Vienna-based organization reported that more than 40 states, including Russia, had confirmed that nothing unusual had happened on their lands.
“The IAEA has ruled out the possibility that the release is related to the misuse of the radioactive source,” the report said. “The increase in radiation levels is also unlikely to be due to a reprocessing plant, a spent fuel pool, or the use of radioactive devices in industry or medicine.”
The Agency also confirmed that the concentration of particles in the air “is very, very low, and therefore does not pose a risk to human health or the environment.”
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