A Russian soldier died as a result of exposure to radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The Ukrainian company Energoatom, which deals with the management of nuclear power plants, reports on its TV channel that based on data published by the Military Medical Service of the Russian Federation, the first death of a soldier from radiation received at Chernobyl was determined. Another 26 soldiers would be hospitalized and 73 transferred.
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After the Russians left, the Chernobyl power plant returned to the collapse of Ukraine found a normal situation again: the technological equipment and all monitoring systems are working normally, as reported by the director of the power plant through Energoatom.
According to reports from the Ukrainian company, the Russians took away five of the 15 containers with repair equipment and spare parts needed for the Chernobyl facilities. There will be no more Russians in the plant area after 8 p.m. on March 31. Troops from Moscow have withdrawn and are holding hostage the Ukrainian border guards kidnapped at the start of the invasion.
IAEA
After the withdrawal of Russian troops from Chernobyl, the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA) intends to send a team of experts to the site of the decommissioned nuclear power plant in the coming days. The head of the agency, Rafael Grossi, who had just returned from a trip to Ukraine and Russia to talk about nuclear safety in the war zone, announced in Vienna that he would lead the Chernobyl mission himself.
Grossi announced that the IAEA would provide Ukrainian nuclear sites with security materials. The missions envisaged by the IAEA have been agreed with Russia and Ukraine. “We must have safe routes, we must have protection, we must have nonconflict zones to move around,” he stressed.
The IAEA has asked Russia for more information on reports that the Russian military was exposed to radioactive radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. “In general, I would say that the radiation around Chernobyl is low he explained in the beginning, when Russian troops occupied the area, due to the movement of the approaching heavy armored vehicles, in some areas there was radiation due to the movement of the ground released and there was a slight increase in levels.
“It is likely that the same thing happened when the same or similar vehicles made their way to leave the site he concluded dust was created in the air containing radiation that was in the ground.”