Russia has denied claims that radioactivity could have leaked from one of its northern nuclear power stations earlier this month. Nordic authorities said they detected slightly increased levels of radioactivity in northern Europe this month that Dutch officials said may be from a source in western Russia and may 'indicate damage to a fuel element in a nuclear power plant.' But Russian news agency TASS, citing a spokesman with the state nuclear power operator Rosenergoatom., reported that the two nuclear power plans in northwestern Russia haven't reported any problems. Nordic authorities said they detected slightly increased levels of radioactivity in northern Europe this monthThe Leningrad plant near St. Petersburg and the Kola plant near the northern city of Murmansk, 'operate normally, with radiation levels being within the norm,' Tass said. The composition of the nuclides may indicate damage to a fuel element in a nuclear power plant,' the Dutch agency said, adding that 'a specific source location cannot be identified due to the limited number of measurements.'

Source: Daily Mail June 28, 2020 09:28 UTC