Nuke agency reports unusual radiation in Europe

AP ^

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Correction to static time line. The first to detect the radioactive iodine was Austria about 3 weeks ago. So if Fukushima was the source, first leaks had to occur at least 1 month ago.

IAEA searching for source of mysterious iodine-131 radiation detected across Europe

Right now the source is approximated to be from southeast Europe. Apparently there are many possibilities.

[OwenKellogg]

Any connection to today’s story?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2806408/posts

‘Fatal Blast Hits Iranian Military Base’
Sky News ^

Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2011 7:41:43 AM by nuconvert

A fatal explosion has hit an Iranian military base near capital Tehran, according to local media reports. There has not been any immediate confirmation of casualties in the blast, which apparently happened in an arms depot belonging to the elite Revolutionary Guards in Bidganeh.

The AFP news agency reports that the force of the blast shattered the windows of homes in the western suburbs of Tehran.

Alireza Jane, an Iranian official responsible for security issues in Tehran’s governor’s office, told the ISNA student news agency that the blast hit “a military base.”

She said the explosion, which was originally reported to have hit a gas distribution station, happened about 12 miles west of Tehran.

A statement on the Revolutionary Guards website said the arms depot belonged tot hem but did not give further details.

There are no details on what may have caused the explosion.

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More good news. This time from Pakistan.

No KANUPP linkage to Radioactivity in Europe, PAEC clarifies

ISLAMABAD, Nov 13 (APP): Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) on Sunday refuted a news item appeared in a section of national and international media alleging that higher than normal radioactivity noticed in parts of Europe could have originated from the recent KANUPP incident.In a statement issued here, the PAEC official said that there was no leakage of radiation to the environment from KANUPP on October 19. There was only a spill of heavy water within the containment building, which was brought under control following routine procedures.

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Apparently an IAEA spokesman has accused Pakistan as possibly being the source.

Abnormal radioactivity also in Hungary, no risk seen

In Poland, a spokesman for the atomic energy agency told AFP that the cause may lie in Pakistan, where officials were forced to repair a leak at the nearly 40-year-old Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP) on October 19. After the incident, an official from KANUPP had told AFP that no radioactivity had been recorded and none of their staff had been affected.