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Map Coordinates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leningrad_Nuclear_Power_Plant#
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant

On Friday, 18 December 2015, unit 2 of the Leningrad Nuclear Power Station was stopped (scrammed) due to a broken steam pipe. Radioactive steam is believed to have been released into the atmosphere. According to Green World Russia the wind was blowing from the south southeast at about 5 meters per second (not typical for this area) and thus blew radioactive steam toward the Gulf of Finland, in the direction of Vyborg-Zelenogorsk. Therefore, the City of St. Petersburg, population 5 million, located 40 km east of Leningrad Nuclear Power Station (SELA), appears to have been lucky this time. Greenworld further states that the second power unit of Leningrad Nuclear Power Station was given an operating life extension without the legally required public hearings and state environmental impact assessment. See http://www.greenworld.org.ru/?q=bv_126 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leningrad_Nuclear_Power_Plant#

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