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March 2, 2022 06:11 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/2/22958029/russia-invasion-ukraine-unprecedented-risk-nuclear-power-plants
Ukraines nuclear power plants are at unprecedented risk as fighting continues
Nuclear experts are increasingly worried about the safety of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants as Russia’s invasion of the country continues. The conflict has the grim distinction of being the first time warfare has exploded in a region so heavily reliant on nuclear energy.
“The situation in Ukraine is unprecedented and I continue to be gravely concerned,” International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said in an introductory statement to the agency’s Board of Governors meeting today and shared with the press. “I have called for restraint from all measures or actions that could jeopardize the security of nuclear and other radioactive material, and the safe operation of any nuclear facilities in Ukraine,...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/2/22958029/russia-invasion-ukraine-unprecedented-risk-nuclear-power-plants
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