A mysterious radiation spike has been reported in parts of northern Europe. Calculations made by Dutch officials indicate that the radiation is coming from the direction of western Russia.
“The combination of radionuclides can be explained by an abnormality in the fuel elements of a nuclear power plant,” the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM) said in a statement.
RIVM performed calculations to find out the source of the radionuclides. “The calculations indicate that the nuclides come from the direction of western Russia. It is not possible to determine a more specific source location with the limited data available. “
“No specific country of origin can be identified at this time,” he added.
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Russian news agency TASS, quoting a spokesperson for state nuclear power operator Rosenergoatom, reported that two power plants in northwest Russia have reported no problems.
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The Leningrad plant near Saint Petersburg and the Kola plant near the northern city of Murmansk “operate normally, with radiation levels within the norm,” said TASS.
Fox News has contacted Rosenergoatom with a request for comment on this story.
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In a tweet, Lassina Zerbo, executive secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization in Austria, said a monitoring station in Sweden detected three isotopes associated with nuclear fission at higher-than-normal levels on the 22nd and 23rd. of June.
Isotopes are not harmful to human health, said Zerbo. “These isotopes are most likely from a civilian source. We can indicate the probable region of the source, but it is outside the CTBTO’s mandate to identify the exact origin, ”added Zerbo in a later tweet.
Zerbo tweeted an image of the possible source region in the 72 hours preceding the detection that spanned parts of southern Scandinavia, Finland, Russia and the Baltic states.
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Last week, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority tweeted that “very low levels of the radioactive substances cesium-134, cesium-137, cobalt-60 and ruthenium-103 were measured.” The measured levels are so low that they pose no danger to people or the environment, he added, in the translated tweet.
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A lake in the vast forests of Smaland reflects the sky in southern Sweden on August 4, 2016.
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Monday marks the 47th anniversary of the Kola nuclear power plant, according to the Russian state nuclear power corporation Rosatom, which owns Rosenergoatom. “On June 29, 1973, the electricity generated in the first power unit began to flow into the Kola power system,” Rosatom said Monday in a translated tweet.
Associated Press contributed to this article. Follow James Rogers on Twitter @jamesjrogers.
