{"id":37501,"date":"2019-08-23T21:13:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T21:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/23\/russian-doctor-has-trace-of-radiation-after-explosion\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:39:08","slug":"russian-doctor-has-trace-of-radiation-after-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/08\/23\/russian-doctor-has-trace-of-radiation-after-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian doctor has trace of radiation after explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOSCOW \u2014 More than 100 Russian medical workers who helped treat victims of a recent mysterious explosion at a military testing range have undergone checks and one man has been found with trace amounts of radiation in his body, officials said Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/08\/13\/russia-orders-evacuation-near-navy-nuke-site-then-cancels-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aug. 8 incident <\/a>at the Russian navy\u2019s range in Nyonoksa on the White Sea killed two servicemen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/08\/12\/russia-buries-5-nuke-engineers-following-explosion\/\" target=\"_blank\">and five nuclear engineers <\/a>and injured six others. It was followed by a brief rise in radiation levels in nearby Severodvinsk, but the authorities insisted it didn\u2019t pose any danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Arkhangelsk regional administration said Friday that 110 medical workers have undergone checks that one man was found with a low amount of radioactive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/radiation\/radionuclide-basics-cesium-137\" target=_blank>cesium-137<\/a> in his muscle tissue. It said the man\u2019s health isn\u2019t in danger and argued that he could have got the radioactive isotope with food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement followed Russian media reports claiming that dozens of medical workers were exposed to radiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reports claimed that medical teams at the Arkhangelsk city hospital hadn&#8217;t been warned that they would treat people exposed to radiation and lacked elementary protective gear. They said that Russia&#8217;s security agency forced the medical workers to sign non-disclosure papers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The workers, who spoke on condition of anonymity fearing official reprisals, said many doctors and nurses felt angry about authorities putting their lives at risk by concealing vital information.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/08\/13\/russia-orders-evacuation-near-navy-nuke-site-then-cancels-it\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rosa1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russia orders evacuation near navy nuke site, then cancels it<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Neither the Defense Ministry nor Rosatom named the type of rocket that exploded during the test, saying only that it had liquid propellant.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov shrugged off the reports, questioning the veracity of anonymous sources. 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Terrified residents rushed to buy iodine, which can help reduce risks from exposure to radiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peskov argued that a Chernobyl-style cover-up is undoable now due to fast and multi-sourced information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe situations like the one in Chernobyl are impossible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sergei Ivanov, Putin&#8217;s adviser on environmental issues, angrily rejected comparisons with Chernobyl as &#8220;sheer nonsense.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4928\" height=\"3264\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Radiation1.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Radiation1.jpg.jpg 4928w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Radiation1.jpg.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Radiation1.jpg.jpg?resize=768,509 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Radiation1.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,678 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Radiation1.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1017 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Radiation1.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1356 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4928px) 100vw, 4928px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This late 2018 photo shows a billboard that reads &#8220;The State Central Navy Testing Range&#8221; near residential buildings in the Russian village of Nyonoksa.  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