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Nordic authorities say they have detected slightly increased levels of radioactivity in northern Europe this month that Dutch officials say may be from a source in western Russia and may
"indicate damage to a fuel element in a nuclear power plant".
But Russian news agency TASS, citing a spokesman with the state nuclear power operator
Rosenergoatom, reported that the two nuclear power plants in northwestern Russia haven't reported any problems.
A researcher holds up a Geiger counter outside the destroyed block no. 4 Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine. (AP)
The Leningrad plant near St Petersburg and the Kola plant near the northern city of Murmansk, "operate normally, with radiation levels being within the norm", TASS said.
The Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish radiation and nuclear safety watchdogs said this week they've spotted small amounts of radioactive isotopes harmless to humans and the environment in parts of Finland, southern Scandinavia and the Arctic.
The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority said on Tuesday that "it is not possible now to confirm what could be the source of the increased levels" of radioactivity or from where a cloud, or clouds, containing radioactive isotopes that has allegedly been blowing over the skies of northern Europe originated.
Its Finnish and Norwegian counterparts also haven't speculated about a potential source.
But the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands said on Friday it had analysed the Nordic data and "these calculations show that the radionuclides (radioactive isotopes) come from the direction of Western Russia".
The floating nuclear power plant, the 'Akademik Lomonosov', is towed out of the St. Petersburg shipyard where it was constructed. (AP)
"The radionuclides are artificial, that is to say they are man-made. The composition of the nuclides may indicate damage to a fuel element in a nuclear power plant," the Dutch agency said.
The agency added that "a specific source location cannot be identified due to the limited number of measurements".
© AAP 2020
https://www.9news.com.au/world/euro...-damaged/316b294a-bedc-44bb-a3fa-7e92ba16dc2c
"indicate damage to a fuel element in a nuclear power plant".
But Russian news agency TASS, citing a spokesman with the state nuclear power operator
Rosenergoatom, reported that the two nuclear power plants in northwestern Russia haven't reported any problems.
A researcher holds up a Geiger counter outside the destroyed block no. 4 Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine. (AP)
The Leningrad plant near St Petersburg and the Kola plant near the northern city of Murmansk, "operate normally, with radiation levels being within the norm", TASS said.
The Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish radiation and nuclear safety watchdogs said this week they've spotted small amounts of radioactive isotopes harmless to humans and the environment in parts of Finland, southern Scandinavia and the Arctic.
The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority said on Tuesday that "it is not possible now to confirm what could be the source of the increased levels" of radioactivity or from where a cloud, or clouds, containing radioactive isotopes that has allegedly been blowing over the skies of northern Europe originated.
Its Finnish and Norwegian counterparts also haven't speculated about a potential source.
But the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands said on Friday it had analysed the Nordic data and "these calculations show that the radionuclides (radioactive isotopes) come from the direction of Western Russia".
The floating nuclear power plant, the 'Akademik Lomonosov', is towed out of the St. Petersburg shipyard where it was constructed. (AP)
"The radionuclides are artificial, that is to say they are man-made. The composition of the nuclides may indicate damage to a fuel element in a nuclear power plant," the Dutch agency said.
The agency added that "a specific source location cannot be identified due to the limited number of measurements".
© AAP 2020
https://www.9news.com.au/world/euro...-damaged/316b294a-bedc-44bb-a3fa-7e92ba16dc2c
