NEW SOVIET BOMB TEST
Radioactivity Levels Rise
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 Russia yesterday exploded its thirteenth nuclear test in the atmosphere since September 1, the United States Atomic Energy Commission reported. British United Press said. The A.E.C. said the explosion was in the megaton range, the explosive equivalent of 1.000,000 tons of T.N.T. The detonation occurred in the vicinity of Novaya, Zemlaya. Word of the new Soviet test in the Arctic came as the United States Public Health Service reported sharp increases in ground-level radioactivity in 13 eastern and northern states as a result of the tests. United Press International said. The United States Welfare Secretary (Mr Abraham Ribicoff) said, however, that the Health Service assured him that radiation levels of the range involved did not pose a health threat unless sustained over a long period. The largest radiation rise recorded was at Hartford Connecticut, where the reading rose from 1.37 micro microcuries on September 11 to 65 8 micro microcuries on September 17.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29625, 22 September 1961, Page 8
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