The Hague, June 28. / TASS /. Dutch specialists are currently unable to determine the country of origin of the radioactive particles, an increase in the concentration of which was recorded in Northern Europe. This was announced on Sunday by the Dutch National Institute for Health and the Environment.
On June 26, the International Monitoring System of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization reported that it recorded an excess of the concentration of cesium-134, cesium-137 and ruthenium-103 isotopes over northeast Europe on June 22-23.
The Dutch National Institute for Health and the Environment carried out calculations to determine the source of these radionuclides. Calculations showed that they “arrived in Scandinavia from the direction of the western part of Russia.” “However, it is not possible to determine the source more precisely because of the limited amount of data,” the organization emphasized. “At the moment, the country of origin cannot be determined.”
On Friday, several media reported that in early June, the nuclear and radiation safety authorities of Sweden, Norway and Finland recorded a slight increase in the concentration of radioactive isotopes of the so-called reactor origin in the atmosphere over the territory of Northern Europe. The Rosenergoatom Concern reported on the same day to TASS that the Leningrad and Kola NPPs in northwestern Russia were operating normally, and the radiation situation at their industrial sites was normal.
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