In the southeast of Finland, a small amount of radioactive isotopes found in air samples. The samples were taken to Kotka, which is shared by the Gulf of Finland from the Leningrad Region, Reuters reports with reference to the management and nuclear security of the country (STUK).
Experts noted that radioactive isotopes came from the east and southeast, which indirectly says that the emission could occur in Russia.
The management assured that there was no danger to a person. “The observed radioactivity does not affect the environment or human health, since the concentrations were very low,” said Stuk.
management does not plan to conduct a further investigation, since such discoveries are “quite normal”.
They also emphasized that Finland, Sweden and Russia as a whole have a number of nuclear energy reactors. Small amounts of zirconium and niobium can fall into the air, for example, during the maintenance of the station of the nuclear power plant, noted in Stuk.