Russia ordered to evacuate a town near the base where a nuclear accident occurred

Russian authorities announced Tuesday the evacuation of the city of Nyonoksa, located near the base where last week there was a breath during a test with a experimental nuclear thruster for missiles.

The spokesperson of the administration of the city of Severodvinsk, Xenia Yudina, said that "the territorial department of Nyonoksa had been informed of the planned activities of the organs of the military command".

"The inhabitants of Nyonoksa were asked to leave the village during the activities that will take place on Wednesday morning."

Nuclear accident

The accident occurred last Thursday and caused the Deaths of five scientists from the Rosatom nuclear agency They were working on tests of "new weapons".

Although the authorities seek to dissociate the evacuation of the city from the explosion, the announcement was made after the Russian Meteorological Agency Rosgidromet had claimed that the levels of nuclear radiation in Severodvinsk (North West) they multiplied between four and 16 times after the incident last week.

Despite this, the Kremlin excludes health risks to the population after the incident and noted that "there should be no doubt that all relevant institutions fully guarantee the safety of citizens."