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Russia’s nuclear chief warns on fires around nuclear centre

“Wildfires have surrounded the nuclear centre from all sides,” said Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, on Sunday

Russian nuclear centre still under threat, THE HINDU, Vladimir Radyuhin, 16 Aug 2010, Russia’s main nuclear centre in the town of Sarov in central Russia is still threatened by forest fires after two weeks of desperate efforts to bring the situation under control.

“Wildfires have surrounded the nuclear centre from all sides,” said Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, on Sunday. “Two weeks ago we fought off a fire assault from the west, but the fire approached again from the east a few days ago.”

The Emergency Ministry confirmed that forest fires raging in the Mordovia nature preserve still posed a threat to the secret nuclear centre even as firefighters managed to reduce the forest area overwhelmed by fire……The nuclear centre, where the first Soviet atomic bomb was made, was tucked deep into the woods for greater secrecy and is now threatened on all sides by forest fires triggered by the most ferocious heatwave in Russia’s history…….

The Hindu : News / International : Russian nuclear centre still under threat

August 16, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | uranium | antinuclear, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium