Article 4N0KX Russian nuclear agency confirms role in rocket test explosion

Russian nuclear agency confirms role in rocket test explosion

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Andrew Roth in Moscow
from Environment | The Guardian on (#4N0KX)

Rosatom says five staff died in accident that caused radiation levels to spike in Arkhangelsk

Russia's nuclear energy agency has said an explosion that caused radiation levels to spike in the Arkhangelsk region was caused by an accident during a test of an "isotope power source for a liquid-fuelled rocket engine".

In a statement released late on Friday, Rosatom said five of its employees had died as a result of the accident and three more were being treated for burns.

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