Radioactive isotopes have been discovered by Russia's state weather agency following the explosion of a rocket engine.
Five nuclear scientists were killed and three others injured in an accident earlier this month during a missile test at a military site in northern Russia, according to the country's state nuclear agency Rosatom.
Rosatom initially refused to say whether there had been a release of radiation as a result of the accident but a few days later villagers from nearby Nyonoksa were urged to leave while tests were carried out.
Radiation levels in Severodvinsk spiked by up to 16 times afterwards, Russia's state weather service said.
A cloud of radioactive gases had formed after the accident and caused the brief spike in radiation registered in Severodvinsk, the agency was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying.
With fears of another Chernobyl, medical staff who treated victims of the accident have been sent to Moscow for tests, Russia's state-run news agency, TASS, said, quoting an unnamed medical source.
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