Last WEEK? Off to read the link. This was not the first time for the Russians/Soviets. I read a book about another one, this makes the third or more occasion of this?

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Posted by Tigeralum2008

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Posted on 7/8/19 at 10:23 am to RedPop4

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Last WEEK? Off to read the link. This was not the first time for the Russians/Soviets. I read a book about another one, this makes the third or more occasion of this?

Three incidents that we know of...

Then there's the Kyshtym Disaster in 1957. Radioactive contamination accident that occurred on 29 September 1957 at Mayak, a plutonium production site in Russia for nuclear weapons and nuclear fuel reprocessing plant of the Soviet Union.

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Posted by bountyhunter

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Posted on 7/8/19 at 11:12 am to RedPop4

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Last WEEK? Off to read the link. This was not the first time for the Russians/Soviets. I read a book about another one, this makes the third or more occasion of this?

Most notorious was the K19 incident in 1961. At least with that event, they were dealing with issues arising from application of a new technology. Also another example of Soviet manufacturing problems manifesting at the worst possible time in the worst possible way.

This event appears to be a fire that spread and wasn't a nuclear mishap (at least officially). I wouldn't put it past Russia to hide details about it. They also love their narrative of the "working class hero". This whole story is extremely spun to say the least, if not almost-entirely manufactured.

This post was edited on 7/8/19 at 11:20 am

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