Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying a laboratory for radioactive waste management in Chernobyl

Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying a laboratory for radioactive waste management in Chernobyl


The Russian army controls the nuclear power plant since last February 24. After the 1986 nuclear accident it is not operational but it still requires control, analysis and surveillance tasks.

The Ukrainian State Agency for the Management of Exclusion Zones has denounced that Russian troops have destroyed a laboratory for the management of radioactive waste at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

According to this center the laboratory was in the exclusion zone of Chernobyl nuclear power plant and it was a complex with “significant research and analytical capabilities” in the field of radioactive waste management.

According to the Ukrainian press, in the laboratory were “highly active samples and samples from radionuclide who are now in the hands of the enemy. “

The Russian army occupied the Chernobyl nuclear power plant last February 24. After the 1986 nuclear accident it is not operational but it still requires control, analysis and surveillance tasks.


Source: Eitb

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