Researchers believe an incident at a nuclear reprocessing plant in central Russia was the cause, though Russian officials have always denied involvement.
New research has suggested the huge radioactive cloud that blanketed parts of Europe in 2017 was produced by an accident at a nuclear facility in central Russia, despite Moscow denying responsibility at the time., said there is no doubt that the cloud of radiation came from the Mayak nuclear reprocessing plant, located in Russia's Chelyabinsk region near its border with Kazakhstan.
The cloud—of radioactive ruthenium-106—sat above parts of Europe for weeks with levels of radiation fluctuating. It eventually cleared and radiation levels returned to normal. French and German authorities quickly determined that Russia was the most likely source. Though Russian officials acknowledged the heightened radiation,State-owned Russian nuclear energy corporation Rosatom said the data collected in 2017 was"not sufficient to establish the location of the pollution source.
The radioactive cloud was diluted enough that it did not pose a threat to those living under it, though Steinhauser noted they were unable to fully assess the impact in close vicinity of Mayak itself."If anybody was exposed to the cloud directly, there is a risk of harmful doses," he noted.
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