| 12/15/2017 05:05 | Russia's Mayak issues partial admission to radioactive ruthenium leak ( Bellona )
For its part, Mayak has repeatedly declared its innocence by saying that its hasn't extracted ruthenium anywhere at its sprawling Chelyabinsk Region facility âfor years.â Mayak header A fence surrounding the closed Mayak Chemical Combine. (Courtesy of Alisa Nikulina/Ecodefense). But Yuri Mokrov ... |
| 12/15/2017 01:45 | Russian nuclear plant says it emits leaked nuclear isotope ( Chico Enterprise-Record )
In this file photo taken April 8, 2016, a sign warns people not to enter the town of Ozersk, Chelyabinsk region, Russia, which houses the Mayak nuclear facility. Mayak is a nuclear complex that has been responsible for at least two of the country's biggest radioactive accidents. Russian authorities denied ... |
| 12/14/2017 11:55 | Russian nuclear plant admits use of isotope behind rise in radioactivity ( Independent.ie )
A senior executive at the Russian nuclear processing plant suspected of being behind a spike of radioactivity over Europe this autumn has admitted that the ... Mayak, in Russia's Chelyabinsk region, saw one of the world's worst nuclear accidents on September 29 1957, when a waste tank exploded. |
| 12/14/2017 07:55 | Meteors Explode from the Inside When They Reach the Atmosphere ( Universe Today )
A good example of this is the Chelyabinsk meteoroid, which exploded in the skies over Russia in February of 2013. This incident demonstrated just how much damage an air burst meteorite can do and highlighted the need for preparedness. Fortunately, a new study from Purdue University indicates that ... |
| 12/12/2017 22:45 | Why meteoroids often blow up before hitting Earth ( Business Standard )
Melosh's team looked to the 2013 Chelyabinsk event when a meteoroid exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, to explain the phenomenon. The explosion came as a surprise and brought in energy comparable to a small nuclear weapon. When it entered Earth's atmosphere, it created a bright fire ball. |
| 12/11/2017 01:50 | Mother of Chelyabinsk deputy declared wanted for extortion ( https://en.crimerussia.com/ )
... Metallurgichesky District Council deputy Petr Ishchenko, has been put on the federal wanted list, according to the Russian MIA database as quoted by ... The Sovetsky District Court of Chelyabinsk sentenced Nikolay Telmonov and Aleksey Urusov to 4 years in a medium-security prison and 7 years in a ... |
| 12/10/2017 22:45 | Russia claims radioactivity spike not due to nuclear plant ( New Delhi Times )
Russia claims radioactivity spike not due to nuclear plant ... Russian authorities denied Friday that a radioactivity spike in the air over Europe this fall resulted from a nuclear fuel processing plant leak in the Ural ... Mayak, in the Chelyabinsk region, saw one of the world's worst nuclear accidents on Sept. |
| 12/09/2017 11:15 | Russia: Spike in radioactivity unrelated to nuclear plant | WSB-TV ( WSB Atlanta )
... a 2,000-kilometer (1,250-mile) swath of land between the Urals and Russia's western border. It argued that if the source of the leak were on the ground, it would have spread the trace of Ruthenium-106 midway. Mayak, in the Chelyabinsk region, saw one of the world's worst nuclear accidents on Sept. |
| 12/08/2017 03:30 | An asteroid big enough to destroy New York just missed Earth and even NASA didn't notice ( Express.co.uk )
The last major asteroid incident occurred in 2013 when a 20 metre meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, which smashed windows and ... âWe may well still be taken by surprise by one of these smaller impacts such as Chelyabinsk or even Tunguska so we have to be prepared for that eventuality. |
| 12/07/2017 23:15 | âYour car is in the way, freaks!â Traffic inspector blocked work of ambulance station ( https://en.crimerussia.com/ )
The police are checking into the incident with obstruction of the work of an ambulance station in Korkino, Chelyabinsk region, by a traffic police officer ... According to him, the ambulance team had acted in accordance with Art. 2.7 of the Code of Administrative Responsibility of the Russian Federation "On ... |
| 12/06/2017 02:50 | Nuclear Russia Scares the World (Again) ( LobeLog )
Mayak is part of the Russian Rosatom State Corporation and is located at the closed secret town of Ozersk, in the Chelyabinsk district. The source of the Ru-106 release could be facility number 235, which vitrifies highly radioactive waste. The same accident, according to the IAEA, occurred in 2001 in a ... |
| 12/05/2017 18:50 | Court confiscates policewoman's property worth $237.350 ( https://en.crimerussia.com/ )
The Ozersky City Court of the Chelyabinsk region decided to confiscate the property of an officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ozersk city for 14 million rubles ($237.350) due to the fact that the ... The Ozersky City Court of Chelyabinsk region fully satisfied the requirements of the Prosecutor's Office. |
| 12/05/2017 08:35 | Court denies Sistema's petition to appoint reorganization examination for Bashneft ( TASS )
CHELYABINSK, December 4. /TASS/. The Eighteenth Arbitration Court of Appeal of Chelyabinsk denied Sistema's petition for the appointment of a financial examination for reorganization of Bashneft, TASS correspondent reported from the courtroom. The court is currently reviewing appeals filed by both ... |
| 12/04/2017 21:20 | Illegal gambling business â soft spot of Russian enforcement authorities ( https://en.crimerussia.com/ )
Then the South Urals have taken up the baton: Evgeny Mendel, Acting Head of the Traktorozavodsky District Police Division of the City of Chelyabinsk, has been arrested in February for taking bribes from casino owners in exchange for information on forthcoming inspections. Mendel had charged ... |
| 12/04/2017 03:10 | Chelyabinsk: Deputy warden to face trial for $54k VIP cell for arrestee ( https://en.crimerussia.com/ )
Chelyabinsk: Deputy warden to face trial for $54k VIP cell for arrestee ... An indictment against Russian Federal Penitentiary Service Chelyabinsk region Main Directorate Jail No. 3 deputy warden has ... Prosecutors referred Roman Veltishchev's criminal case to the Sovetsky district Court (Chelyabinsk). |
| 12/02/2017 10:40 | Is Russia covering up a nuclear accident? ( Washington Post )
But already Russia has gone from denial to admitting the existence of high radioactive readings near a major plant for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel, ... The stations are within a 62-mile radius of a Soviet-era nuclear reprocessing and isotope production facility at Mayak, in the Chelyabinsk region, ... |
| 11/29/2017 04:55 | Russia Taking Action To Address Nuclear Waste Hazards In Far North ( ValueWalk )
On October 31, officials sent a second shipment of spent fuel rodsfrom Andreeva Bay near the Norwegian border to the Mayak reprocessing plant in Ozersk, the closed city in Chelyabinsk Oblast that served as the cradle of the Soviet nuclear weapons program. The first delivery of nuclear waste occurred ... |
| 11/27/2017 04:50 | Huge 'boom' shakes buildings in Alabama: reports ( Morning Ticker )
It certainly sounds similar to what happened over Chelyabinsk, Russia back in 2013 when a huge meteor exploded, shattering windows and damaging buildings. The incident was captured on many dashcam videos from morning commuters. Scientists estimate that meteor was 33 times more powerful ... |
| 11/26/2017 04:45 | Russia opens commission into 'nuclear incident' report ( Phys.Org )
On Monday, Russian meteorologists said a station close to the Mayak nuclear facility in the Chelyabinsk region detected "extremely high pollution" of the ruthenium-106 isotope during tests in late September. The radioactive isotope is created by splitting atoms in a reactor and does not occur naturally. |
| 11/25/2017 18:45 | Russia opens commission into 'nuclear incident' report ( Citizen )
On Monday, Russian meteorologists said a station close to the Mayak nuclear facility in the Chelyabinsk region detected âextremely high pollutionâ of the ruthenium-106 isotope during tests in late September. The radioactive isotope is created by splitting atoms in a reactor and does not occur naturally. |
