Did not receive radiation dose data from Russia or concealed the effects of the explosion accident 21 August at 9:23

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An international agency monitoring the nuclear test revealed that data has not been received since the 10th of this month from a radiation dose monitoring facility in Russia. In Russia, there was an explosion at a military facility on the 8th of this month, and it was known that radiation doses had temporarily increased in the vicinity, and foreign media reported that Russia was suspected of hiding data. It is.

CTBTO, an international nuclear test monitoring network headquartered in Vienna, the Austrian capital, has five out of eight radiation dose monitoring facilities installed in Russia for NHK interviews on the 20th. After 10th of this month, it was revealed that there was a communication failure and that data has not yet reached three of these locations.

In Russia, a military facility in the northwestern Arkhangelsk Oblast had an explosion on the 8th of this month, and it was known that the radiation dose had temporarily increased in the vicinity. It shows the recognition that it was due to the failure of the cruise missile “Brevestnik”.

On the other hand, the Russian government has not released details about this explosion, and foreign media and others have reported their views that the Russian side is suspected of hiding data.

[Not related to explosion]

After the explosion that occurred on the 8th of this month, Russia's Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Lyapukov said on May 20 that radiation dose data has not reached the CTBTO from some of the radiation dose observation facilities in Russia. Is a voluntary issue, "he said. On top of that, he said, “Explosion has nothing to do with CTBTO activities,” emphasizing the view that the explosion that occurred on the 8th of this month is not related to a series of communication failures.