In the past few days, the Ukrainian authorities had sounded the alarm about the possible risk of radioactive contamination from the nearby area Chernobyl power plant. Now the situation is worrying again, as the activities of the Russian army on the ground have led to the raising of “clouds of radioactive dust”.
What happened in Chernobyl
The employees of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have reconstructed what would happen in one of the most sensitive places in Ukraine. Apparently, the Kremlin troops who took control of the facility and surrounding areas in the north of the country would have driven into a highly toxic area without protection or antiradiation equipment Red wood, located about 100 kilometers north of Kyiv. That would have lifted them Clouds of radioactive dust.
“THE Russian soldiers driving around in armored vehicles in the highly toxic Red Forest that surrounds the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant without radiation protection, kicking up radioactive dust: This is essentially the latest alarm sounded by the two employees at the aforementioned power plant, cited by the Guardian, adding that it ” it was a “suicide” to go unprotected into the Red Forest, which is the most radioactively contaminated part of the Chernobyl area.
A delicate situation
The Russian army seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant practically at the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine. Subsequently, the Ukrainian State Nuclear Inspectorate noted an increase radiation levels due to the movement of heavy military vehicles passing through the area. So far, however, no details had become known as to what exactly happened. Now comes the alarm related to the radioactive dust clouds.
The two anonymous workers who sounded the alarm and spoke to Reuters were on duty when Russian tanks entered Chernobyl on February 24 and took over the site. We remind you that the staff within the structure remain responsible for the safekeeping of the data nuclear fuel exhausts and oversees the remains of the concrete reactor that exploded in 1986.
Fires and radioactive pollution
On March 27, Ukrainian authorities reported the presence of dozens of extended workers Fire near the facility. The cause of the flames was attributed to the intense bombing Russians who would have burned over 10,000 hectares of forest. The most critical area would be found in the socalled alienation zonethat is, the part of Ukrainian territory located within a 30kilometer radius from the site of the plant.
On this occasion, the radioactive contamination of the air increased. The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Ukrainian Parliament, Lyudmila Denizovaimmediately put the fires in the spotlight: “During combustion, radionuclides are released into the atmosphere, which are carried over long distances by the wind. Radiation threatens Ukraine, Belarus and Europe.
Local Ukrainian authorities have already appealedInternational Atomic Energy Agency (Aiea) so that it can dispatch firefighting experts and equipment as soon as possible. Meanwhile, there’s a new and even more worrying alarm from Chernobyl.