VIENNA, Austria (AFP) – Moscow and Kyiv are “ready to work” with the UN atomic watchdog to ensure nuclear safety, its head said Thursday, as Ukraine has lost “all communications” with the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has expressed concern about nuclear safety and security after Russian forces took over Europe’s largest power plant in Ukraine, as well as Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident. Seeking to […]
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IAEA says loses contact with Chernobyl nuclear data systems
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) – The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is no longer transmitting data to the UN’s atomic watchdog, the agency said Tuesday, as it voiced concern for staff working under Russian guard at the Ukrainian facility. On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine and seized the defunct Chernobyl plant, site of a 1986 disaster that killed hundreds and spread radioactive contamination west across Europe. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi “indicated that remote data […]





