As reported today by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the authorities ukrainian They denounced the “looting” and the destruction of equipment in the old Chernobyl nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian troops until March 31.
The UN agency said in a statement that the Ukrainian authorities reported damage to the radiation control analysis laboratories in Chernobyl, and indicates that the facilities “were destroyed and the analytical instruments stolen, broken or disabled in some way”.
Ukraine also notified the IAEA that it carried out the first staff rotation at the NPP in three weeks, and only the second since late February when Russian forces took over the site.
That shift change is essential, according to the IAEA, for the safe operation of the plant.
news agencies such as Eph echoed the information, where the IAEA recalls that last month Ukraine reported that the central analysis laboratory in the town of Chernobyl had been “looted” and that it could not confirm the safety of its calibration sources or the status of the samples environmental stored there
#ukraine carried out the first staff rotation at the #Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in three weeks, it informed the IAEA today. @rafaelmgrossi said: “A lot of work remains to return the site to normality.” https://t.co/8dJQCFY8Mt pic.twitter.com/fJEi7edD42
— IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency (@iaeaorg) April 10, 2022
Russian troops occupied the Chernobyl plant on February 24.
In 1986, the worst nuclear accident in history took place at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
With information from Eph.
