A fire was reported Sunday at a former nuclear research center in the Russian capital, Moscow.
Officials of the emergencies Ministry said there were no open flames and no threat of a radiation leak from the non-operational 60-year-old reactor housed at the institute.
No casualties were reported.
State-run ITAR-TASS cited an unnamed source at the institute who said by late afternoon the fire had been extinguished.
The environmental group Greenpeace Russia expressed serious concern about the incident.
compiled from agency reports
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