fully explained. now tonight russia is facing new questions over the recent explosion at a missile testing site, after telling a nuclear monitoring group to stay out of it. we have more from nbc s bill neely. a growing mystery tonight about exactly what happened days after a nuclear explosion. killed five russian nuclear scientists. at least for radiation monitoring stations nearby went silent. and stop transmitting data. russia told international nuclear watchdog today, mind your own business. russia admitted radiation levels did spike briefly after the accident. which was tied to the testing of a nuclear missile engine. president putin said yesterday there is no threat. no risk of increased radiation. but the kremlin is also furious. an international nuclear watchdog tweeted this map of a potential radiation plume spreading across russia. the kremlin calls that of
but the kremlin is also furious. an international nuclear watchdog tweeted this map of a potential radiation plume spreading across russia. the kremlin calls that of third. warning the watchdog to back off, claiming it can withhold any data. nuclear experts say russia s real aim is to hide secrets about this, a nuclear power cruise missile that president putin boasts could evade american defenses. russia concealing from the u. s. exact data on its nuclear fuel. two of the russian radiation monitoring stations are now working again. but russia has proved once again that when it comes to his national security, it will hide what the world might want to know. it will hide what the world might want to know, that was bill nearly reporting for nbc nightly news. a couple of years ago that was august 2019. and they did have some sort of big fatal accident. russia initially said it was just a normal rocket.
site after telling a nuclear monitoring group to stay out of it. he get more from nbc s bill nealy. a growing mystery tonight about exactly what happened days after a nuclear explosion that killed five russian nuclear scientists. at least four radiation monitoring stations nearby went silent. and stopped transmitting data. russia told an international nuclear watchdog today, mind our own business. russia admitted radiation levels did spike briefly after the accident. which was tied to the testing of a nuclear missile engine. president putin said yesterday, there is no threat, no risk of increased radiation. the kremlin is also furious. an international nuclear watchdog tweeted this map of a potential radiation plume, spreading across russia. the kremlin calls that absurd. warning the watchdog to back off. claiming it can withhold any data. nuclear experts say russia s
at least four radiation monitoring stations nearby went silent and stopped transmitting data russia told an international nuclear watch dog today, mind your own business. russia admitted radiation levels did spike briefly after the accident, which was tied to the testing of a nuclear missile engine president putin said yesterday there is no threat, no risk of increased radiation. but the kremlin is also furious. an international nuclear watch dog tweeted this map of a potential radiation plume spreading across russia. the kremlin calls that absurd warning the watch dog to back off, claiming it can withhold any data nuclear experts say russia s real aim is to hide secrets about this, a nuclear-powered cruise missile that president putin boasts could evade american defenses. russia concealing from the u.s. exact data on its nuclear fuel two of the russian radiation monitoring stations are now working again, but russia has proved once again that when it
initial blast. that was the initial scoop by michael gordon this weekend. today michael gordon has new reporting that a few days later after the two monitoring stations near the blast site were shut down mysteriously, the russian government shut down another two monitoring stations that were further away a few days later, which suggests they might have thought they covered up the problem when they stopped reporting radiation data close to the site, within a few days, though, if they realize they had to shut down further radiation monitoring sites further away from the blast site hundreds of kilometers away from where they thought they were sort of safe, well, that suggests maybe the problem is proving too large for their initial coverup. so the coverup, itself, is having to expand its geographical reach as well. we are also getting the first models of the potential radiation plume from the site of the blast, which is not