Russia nuclear blast injures 3
2005-12-16 12:21
St Petersburg - An explosion in a smelter on the site of a Russian nuclear power plant severely injured three workers, but the state nuclear agency Rosenergoatom said on Friday that radiation levels were normal.
The blast occurred on Thursday at the Leningrad nuclear power plant in the closed nuclear town of Sosnovy Bor, outside the northern city of St Petersburg and about 600km northwest of Moscow.
Rosenergoatom said that the smelter was located in the grounds of the plant's second unit, and plant spokesperson Sergei Averyanov said it was about 1km from the reactor.
The plant has four units in all.
- AP