On November 9th, the French nuclear safety institute IRSN reported that a 'cloud' of radioactive pollution was hovering over much of Europe, with the speculation being that an 'accident' likely had occurred at a nuclear facility located either in Russia or in Kazakhstan. The Russian meteorological service now indirectly confirms this speculation by revealing that it is measuring levels of the radioactive isotope, ruthenium 106, at 1,000 times higher than normal in the Ural Mountains. [...]
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