The Ukrainian authorities announced this Saturday that the chernobyl nuclear power plant be back under your control from this Saturday after weeks of tensions with the Russian forces on the management of dangerous installations.
“Today, April 2, 2022, from 11.00, the ukrainian flag is waving again at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, where the Ukrainian national anthem was played,” the plant’s press service reported on its Facebook page.
“The operating staff of the station will continue to provide nuclear and radiological safety despite the difficult conditions that the occupiers (Russia) have caused,” he added.
radiation exposure
The Ukrainian authorities denounced this Friday that the Russian forces The facilities had been completely looted. before leaving the place. After steal computers and documents from the plant, they proceeded to loot a nearby hotel, according to Yevgeni Kramarenko, head of the State Agency for the Management of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Kamarenko indicated that, a priori, the infrastructure no visible damage but the arrival in the next few days of a team of specialists to assess in depth the state of the plant advanced.
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Among the unknowns, the one presented yesterday by the Ukrainian state nuclear company, Energoatom, stands out. The company indicated that one of the reasons for the departure of the Russian troops from Chernobyl was due to several soldiers had begun to show symptoms of “serious exposure” to radiation after digging trenches in the surrounding forests.
In response, the United Nations nuclear agency, the IAEA, has indicated that it still does not have enough data to pass judgment on the matter but has confirmed that it is developing an investigation into it.