Archangel, Russia. A nuclear accident occurs on a platform in the Arctic Sea during a Russian military test of a new nuclear missile. Seven engineers working on the new weapons system (which is not revealed) die. For a few hours, the nearby port city of Sverodvinsk records a radiation spike of 16 times (2.0 mS/h) the normal level (0.12 mS/h). The local population is advised to take iodine to saturate their thyroid. The radiation level and its limited duration make the risk relatively limited. The weapons system being tested may be the 9M730 Burevestnik (Storm Petrel), designated SSC-X-9 Skyfall by NATO, a nuclear-powered cruise missile.
