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BREAKING - Sensors in Sweden have detected a rise in nuclear particles from somewhere near on or near the Baltic Sea. The Stockholm monitoring station detected 3isotopes; Cs-134, Cs-137 & Ru-103 associated with nuclear fission at higher than usual levels.
essaynnc
(801 posts)Last time we had this it was Chernobyl. Hope and pray, thoughts and prayers.....
StarryNite
(9,442 posts)What's next?
yardwork
(61,588 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,990 posts)About 15 years ago, Scandinavian countries were up in arms over decommissioned, but not decontaminated Soviet subs.
IIRC, some were not even relieved of the remaining spent fuel rods.
Wonder if this has something to do with this finding.
RandySF
(58,728 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,990 posts)North & east of Finland. Pretty far from the Baltic.
Radiation level increase in northern Europe may indicate damage to nuclear power plant in Russia
Low levels of radiation spotted in northern Europe may have come from a malfunctioning nuclear power plant in western Russia.
Nuclear safety officials from Finland, Norway and Sweden have all announced earlier this week they have detected increased radioactive isotopes across Scandinavia and in some Arctic regions.
While the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority said on Tuesday it was not possible to confirm the source of radiation, Dutch authorities have analysed data from their Nordic neighbours and concluded it originated in western Russia.
The radionuclides are artificial, that is to say they are man-made, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands said on Friday.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/radiation-scandinavia-nuclear-power-plant-russia-a9589301.html
The composition of the nuclides may indicate damage to a fuel element in a nuclear power plant [but] a specific source location cannot be identified due to the limited number of measurements.
One of its stations scanning the air for radionuclides - telltale radioactive particles that can be carried long distances by the wind - detected unusually high levels of three radionuclides earlier this week: caesium-134, caesium-137 and ruthenium-103.
The Stockholm monitoring station "detected 3isotopes; Cs-134, Cs-137 & Ru-103 associated w/Nuclear fission @ higher( ) than usual levels (but not harmful for human health)", CTBTO chief Lassina Zerbo said on Twitter on Friday evening.
The particles were detected on "22/23 June", he added.
Zerbo's post included a borderless map showing where the particles might have come from in the 72 hours before they were detected - a large area covering the tips of Denmark and Norway as well as southern Sweden, much of Finland, Baltic countries and part of western Russia including St Petersburg.
"These are certainly nuclear fission products, most likely from a civil source," a spokeswoman for the Vienna-based CTBTO said, referring to the atomic chain reaction that generates heat in a nuclear reactor.
"We are able to indicate the likely region of the source, but it's outside the CTBTO's mandate to identify the exact origin," she added.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/sensors-detect-rise-in-nuclear-particles-on-baltic-sea-global-body-says
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8464891/Sensors-detect-rise-nuclear-particles-Baltic-Sea-global-body-says.html
AllaN01Bear
(18,138 posts)BComplex
(8,029 posts)Russia is a plague in themselves.
AllaN01Bear
(18,138 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,631 posts)Will be watching to see how this unwinds. Thanks for sharing, RandySF
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