А spokesman of
Rosatom said, that "the concourse of factors was present, which often
takes place when testing new technologies".
MOSCOW, August 11.
/TASS/. The fire outbreak and subsequent explosion near the city of
Severodvinsk occurred when testing a missile on a sea-based platform,
Communications Department of the Russian state corporation Rosatom told TASS.
"Missile tests
were held on the sea-based platform. Missile fuel inflammation with further
detonation occurred after completion of tests. Several staff members were
thrown away to the sea and there was a hope to find them alive. The search
continued until the hope to find survivors was present. The death of five
Rosatom employees dealing with work related to a radio isotope power source
being part of the missile was announced only after that," the department
said.
"The concourse
of factors was present, which often takes place when testing new
technologies," a spokesman of Rosatom said.
The accident occurred
at a military testing range near Severodvinsk in the Arkhangelsk region on
August 8. The Russian Defense Ministry initially said that two people died in
the accident involving a liquid-fuel jet engine. Later regional authorities said
that six more people have been hospitalized after the accident. On August 10,
Rosatom said that five employees were killed in the accident and three more
were hospitalized.
Source: ITAR-TASS
11-08-2019
