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Russian nuclear agency says five killed in accident at test site

A view shows an entrance checkpoint of a military garrison located near the village of Nyonoksa in Arkhangelsk Region, Russia.

Russia’s state nuclear agency Rosatom said on Saturday that five of its staff members were killed in an accident during tests on a military site in northern Russia.

The accident occurred during the engineering and technical support of “isotope power sources” on a liquid propulsion system, Rosatom said in a statement.

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