site.btaNo Danger for Bulgaria after Incident at Ural Electrochemical Combine, Says Environment Ministry

There is no danger for Bulgaria after the accident at the Ural Electrochemical Combine in the Russian city of Novouralsk, the press centre of the Ministry of Environment and Water said.

According to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, the radiation levels in the site and in the vicinity of the city are normal. The incident is local and the place of the alleged accident is far from the territory of Bulgaria, the Ministry states.

On Friday, RIA Novosti reported that a cylinder containing depleted uranium hexafluoride had depressurized at the uranium enrichment plant, without specifying the reason for this.

So far, the Automated Information System for Radiation Monitoring has not registered any changes on the territory of Bulgaria, the announcement also states. The Executive Environment Agency administers the system, which has 26 automatic monitoring stations located throughout the country. The automated system is part of the European platform for the exchange of radiological data, which is submitted every hour.

On the territory of the country, six stationary stations have been built in Vratsa, Montana, Burgas, Varna, Svishtov and Sofia, for monitoring natural and man-made radionuclides in aerosol filters.

Due to the military actions on the territory of Ukraine, experts at the Automated Information System for Radiation Monitoring monitor for all possible gamma emitting radionuclides.