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Nyonoksa radiation accident; Date: 8 August 2019; 4 years ago () Location: State Central Navy Testing Range near Nyonoksa, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Federation: Type: Nuclear and radiation accident: Cause: Explosive destruction of an "isotope power source" (officially). Allegedly a failed 9M730 Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile test ...
- 8 August 2019; 4 years ago
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On 26 September 1983, during the Cold War, the Soviet nuclear early warning system Oko reported the launch of one intercontinental ballistic missile with four more missiles behind it, from the United States. These missile attack warnings were suspected to be false alarms by Stanislav Petrov, an engineer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces on duty ...
On 9 August 2019, the Russian nuclear energy agency Rosatom confirmed a release of radioactivity at the State Central Navy Testing Range at Nyonoksa near Severodvinsk in northern Russia and stated it was linked to an accident involving the test of an " isotope power source for a liquid-fuelled rocket engine".
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Oct 12, 2019 · EckelM@rferl.org. FOLLOW Subscribe via RSS. A State Department official says the United States has concluded that a mysterious explosion that occurred at a Russian naval test range in the White...
Aug 14, 2019 · At the center of the problem appears to be the nuclear rocket engine 9M730 Burevestnik – known as SSC-X-9 Skyfall to Nato. The accident on Thursday caused a 30-minute spike in radiation levels...
Aug 13, 2019 · Aug 13, 2019 6:50 PM EDT. Transcript Audio. An explosion at a Russian missile testing site last week killed at least seven people and caused widespread fears of a radiation leak.
Oct 11, 2019 · An August 8 nuclear accident near Nyonoksa, Russia, was caused by a nuclear reaction that occurred while Russians were attempting to recover a nuclear-powered cruise missile submerged in...
