A Russian nuclear center in Nizhny Novgorod Region is safe despite wildfires raging nearby, the head of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency Rosatom said on Tuesday.
"There is no threat to the facilities at the federal nuclear center. Nor is there an environmental threat or a threat of explosion," Sergei Kiriyenko said.
He said around 3,000 people, four helicopters, four airplanes and 30 fire trucks were involved in putting out wildfires in proximity to the Sarov federal nuclear center.
He did not say how close the wildfires were to the nuclear center.
MOSCOW, August 3 (RIA Novosti)
