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A fire at the national laboratory of the Savannah River complex in South Carolina led to the declaration of a Site Area Emergency and, according to Life.ru citing local media, to an unfiltered radiological release. A few hours later the state of emergency was lifted: radiological surveys found no contamination.
Otabek YusupovUniversity of Surrey specialists assessed the impact of the solar storm of November 11, 2025, caused by an X5-class flare, on aviation. The radiation dose aboard a London — New York flight exceeded the normal background by 46%. The results were published in the journal Space Weather.
Javlon TursunovCustoms officers at Domodedovo airport found over 30 kg of dried porcini mushrooms with radiation levels more than 10 times above normal in the luggage of a 32-year-old foreign national traveling to Uzbekistan. The radionuclide cesium-137 was detected. Rospotrebnadzor declared the cargo radioactive waste, the manufacturer was issued an order, and the validity of the EAEU declaration of conformity was terminated.
Aziz Karimov
