There are concerns over the levels of radiation after the reported failure of a nuclear-powered cruise missile known in Russia as the Burevestnik.
Russian authorities face accusations of trying to cover up the true effects of a fatal rocket engine blast, the details of which are shrouded in mystery.
Five scientists died in last Thursday's explosion, of what was reportedly a new type of nuclear-powered cruise missile, on the White Sea coast in the country's Arctic north. But uncertainty persists among residents in Severodvinsk, 25 miles east of the Nyonoksa test range, where radiation readings were elevated after the accident.
Neither Russia's defense ministry nor the state nuclear agency, Rosatom, mentioned the type of rocket that exploded during the test. In an opaque statement,that"an incident occurred" relating to the study of an"isotope power sources in a liquid propulsion system." David Cullen, the director of Britain's Nuclear Information Service, said the explosion was probably caused by the failure of the experimental nuclear-powered cruise missile, known in Russia as the 9M730
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