Russian military base blast kills two, causes radiation spike

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The incident took place in the small town of Nyonoksa, Russia's main testing centre for ballistic missiles used on naval submarines and warships.

Two people died in an explosion at a military base in the Russian far north Thursday that caused a brief spike in radiation, the second accident to hit the country's facilities in a week.

The incident took place in the small town of Nyonoksa around 1,000 kilometres north of Moscow, which is Russia's main testing centre for ballistic missiles used on naval submarines and warships. Severodvinsk authorities said on their website that automatic radiation detection sensors in the city"recorded a brief rise in radiation levels" at 11:50 am . They said levels were below permissible limits by 2 pm.

Severodvinsk's Zvyozdochka shipyard builds and repairs nuclear submarines. One caught fire while being repaired there in 2015.

 

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