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The governor of the Ulyanovsk region, Sergei Morozov, responded to fake reports circulating in social networks about the explosion of a nuclear reactor. As the politician wrote on Instagram, these attempts to cash in on human fears could have serious consequences for their distributors.
The head of the region said that he demanded that the police find and punish the authors of reports about the explosion of the reactor at the site of the Scientific Research Institute of Atomic Reactors in Dimitrovgrad, since their actions fall under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
Morozov assured his subscribers that if there was at least some threat to the life and health of people, the authorities would make every effort to notify the population of the region and save everyone. According to him, there is no danger, as well as no emergency situation.
Meanwhile, Lenta.ru recalls that at the end of January, there were reports in the media about an increase in the radiation background in Severodvinsk. Later, the press service of the government of the region stated that the sensor operation was false.
In August 2019, an explosion occurred at a military training ground near Severodvinsk during a test of a liquid propellant propulsion system. Two specialists of the Ministry of Defense and five employees of Rosatom were killed. After the tragedy, a message appeared on the website of Roshydromet about the excess of gamma radiation dose rate in the Severodvinsk region by 4-16 times, but then the values u200bu200bbegan to decrease.
Source: Rosbalt
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