“According to the Northern UGMS at 12:00 Moscow time on August 8, 2019 ... in six out of eight points in Severodvinsk, excesses in gamma radiation dose rates of 4-16 times were recorded ...”, Roshydromet reports to TASS.
On August 8, five Rosatom employees died as a result of an emergency at a military training ground in the Arkhangelsk region.
According to the state corporation, tests of the rocket that exploded at the test site took place on an offshore platform.
Rospotrebnadzor said that in the city of Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk region, after an explosion at the test site, pollution levels that were dangerous to the population were not recorded.