R16 During development, a massive failure occurred on , when a prototype rocket exploded on the pad killing at least 78 personnel After decades of coverup, the government finally revealed this incident, referred to as the Nedelin catastrophe The three employees sustained slight injuries, it said in a statement The cause of the explosion was not immediately known The company designs and Russia says rocket explosion caused 16fold radiation spike Radiation levels near the site of a deadly rocket explosion in Russia's far north spiked 16
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