A Russian city has declared a state of emergency due to nuclear contamination.High radiation levels were found near a pylon just 1.5 miles away from homes in Khabarovsk‚The Sunreports.Russian officials have yet to provide details on the source of concerning radiation levels at the Radon specialized facility in Khabarovsk‚ in the southeast of the country‚ Chuck Callesto writes.BREAKING NOW: Russian city declares State of emergencyafter mysterious NUCLEAR contamination..DEVELOPING..An emergency situation has been announced in a city in Russia due to nuclear pollution.Russian officials have yet to provide details on the source of concerning pic.twitter.com/8qYeamy9O2 Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) April 5‚ 2024Footage showed a man holding a radiation reader that quickly rose as he walked over a waste dump in Khabarovsk‚The Sunnoted.Radiation Leak In Russia';s Khabarovsk: What We Know So Farhttps://t.co/kWiOB1YXF7 pic.twitter.com/FeUdgmU0nf NDTV (@ndtv) April 5‚ 2024From The Sun:Authorities cordoned off the area on Friday but the source of the potentially lethal radiation leak is not known and has not been made public.Andrey Kolchin‚ the head of civil defence in the city‚ said: A source of increased radiation levels was discovered the area was cordoned.It was decided to introduce a state of emergency in Khabarovsk to carry out work faster.Authorities said the source of radiation was removed and placed in a protective container and taken to a radioactive waste storage facility.But a state of emergency will remain in place for at least three more days as law enforcement agencies monitor radiation levels and probe the cause.But it appears to have taken a week for authorities in the city to act on reports of a leak.Mystery radiation leak sparks state of emergency in Khabarovsk. https://t.co/5pqtsgxX3O XSovietNews (@XSovietNews) April 5‚ 2024Emergency declared in Russia';s Khabarovsk after radiation detected‚ TASS says https://t.co/6Bk2uLsH0f Apex (@Apex_WW) April 5‚ 2024Daily Mail reports:It appears to have taken a week for the authorities to act.Access to the area in question has been restricted as specialists are working to locate the source of the radiation.A man wearing a nuclear protective mask is seen in darkness with a radiation reader that quickly rises as he walks over a waste dump.His reader sounded an alarm at 0.45 microsieverts and the highest reading visible on screen is 5.99.Yet on the video the man says there was a reading of 20‚ enough potentially to increase cancer risk‚ damage DNA‚ cause foetal damage‚ and threaten the health of children.Astonishingly‚ the potentially lethal radiation leak in Khabarovsk was known for around one week before action was taken on it‚ or the public alerted‚ say reports.A boy who made an initial reading on 28 March had reported it to the Russian special services‚ yet it was only today that a state of emergency was called.Andrey Kolchin‚ head civil defence in the city‚ said: A source of increased radiation levels was discovered.the area was cordoned.