MOSCOW – Russia’s state weather agency said on August 26 it had found the radioactive isotopes of strontium, barium and lanthanum in test samples after an accident during a rocket engine test in northern Russia this month, Interfax news agency reported.
Reuters: Russia finds radioactive isotopes in test samples after accident
A picture taken on Nov. 9, 2011 shows buildings at a military base in the small town of Nyonoska in Arkhangelsk region. Russia's nuclear agency chief on Aug. 12, 2019 confirmed that five scientists killed last week were developing "new weapons" and vowed to continue testing despite the explosion.
