November 22, 2017
OAN Newsroom
Russia is denying there was a nuclear accident despite admitting there are extremely high levels of radioactivity around the Ural Mountains.
On Tuesday, officials said the spike in a radioactive isotope was not from an accident, and posed no health risks.
This comes after a watchdog in France measured a nuclear cloud over Europe in September.
Russia’s weather service confirmed the report Tuesday by measuring an isotope nearly 1,000 times its normal levels.
Despite reassurance by Russian officials, residents say they’re still concerned.
Some international aid groups like Greenpeace have called for an investigation into a possible cover-up.
The Soviet regime is infamously known for covering up one of the worst nuclear disasters in history at its Mayak facility back in 1957.
The site is currently receiving shipments of nuclear submarine fuel from an Arctic naval base.
Officials reprocess and re-purpose it, but the process of the operation is kept under the radar.