Norway detects increased radiation levels due to forest fires near Chernobyl
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Norway said the elevated levels of radioactive cesium (Cs-137) it discovered near the Arctic border with Russia were likely the result of a forest fire near Chernobyl in Ukraine, the scene of the worst nuclear accident in history.
Norway said today that elevated levels of radioactive cesium (Cs-137) detected near the border with Russia in the Arctic were likely caused by a forest fire near Chernobyl in Ukraine, the site of the world's worst nuclear accident. Norway's Radioactive and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA) said in a statement yesterday that measurements it had taken showed "very low" levels of radioactive cesium at Svanhovd and Vikjjoefjel near the border with Russ…
The alarm has been raised over the elevated levels of radioactivity at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Norway has attributed increased levels of radioactive cesium (Cs-137), detected near the border with Russia in the Arctic, to a forest fire. Norway's Radiological and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA) said it detected elevated levels of radioactive cesium in Svanvod between September 9 to 16 and in Viksjöfjel between September 5 to 1…
Finland's radioactivity and nuclear energy authority says in a statement that slightly higher levels of cesium were detected at all six collection stations
Norway announced today that elevated levels of radioactive cesium (Cs-137) detected near the border with Russia in the Arctic are likely due to a forest fire that occurred near Chernobyl in Ukraine, the site of the world's largest nuclear accident. The Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA) reported on [...]
Increased radiation levels are due to a forest fire near Chernobyl, Norway said on Wednesday (18.09).
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