IAEA: The level of radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant as a whole remains within the normal range

IAEA: The level of radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant as a whole remains within the normal range

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The level of radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant remains within the normal range and does not pose a danger to the population. This was reported in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), referring to information from Kyiv.

“Regarding reports received earlier today of higher levels of radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the Ukrainian regulatory body said that this could be caused by heavy military vehicles disturbing the soil still contaminated from the 1986 accident,” the report says. , which leads the UN.

The IAEA believes that the readings reported from Ukraine – “up to 9.46 microsieverts per hour – are low and remain within the range measured in the exclusion zone since its inception, and therefore do not pose a risk to the public.”

The day before, Ukraine informed the IAEA that “unidentified armed forces” took control of all the facilities of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant located in the exclusion zone.

Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special operation in the Donbass, the purpose of which President Vladimir Putin called the “demilitarization and denazification” of Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry says it is disabling the country’s military infrastructure with precision-guided strikes. Read more in the chronicle of “Rosbalt”.

Source: Rosbalt

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