Siberia Nuclear Waste // American University, 1996: «The accident was ranked a 4 out of 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale(INES)… After this political conflict occurred, the Tomsk-7 explosion was ranked a 4 on the INES. Thus, it is likely that the explosion released more radiation than the SCC and certain government ministries want to admit».
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Timeline: Nuclear plant accidents [Архівовано 21 березня 2011 у Wayback Machine.] // BBC, 2006: «1993, 6 April, Severesk, formerly Tomsk-7 (Soviet Union)… radioactivity being dispersed into the atmosphere contaminating an area of over 120 sq km (INES Level 4).»
Timeline: Nuclear plant accidents [Архівовано 21 березня 2011 у Wayback Machine.] // BBC, 2006: «1993, 6 April, Severesk, formerly Tomsk-7 (Soviet Union)… radioactivity being dispersed into the atmosphere contaminating an area of over 120 sq km (INES Level 4).»