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Lviv,
Mar
23:
Russian
military
forces
have
destroyed
a
new
laboratory
at
the
Chernobyl
nuclear
power
plant
that
among
other
things
works
to
improve
management
of
radioactive
waste,
the
Ukrainian
state
agency
responsible
for
the
Chernobyl
exclusion
zone
said
Tuesday.
The
Russian
military
seized
the
decommissioned
plant
at
the
beginning
of
the
war.
The
exclusion
zone
is
the
contaminated
area
around
the
plant,
site
of
the
world’s
worst
nuclear
meltdown
in
1986.
The
state
agency
said
the
laboratory,
built
at
a
cost
of
6
million
euros
with
support
from
the
European
Commission,
opened
in
2015.
The
laboratory
contained
“highly
active
samples
and
samples
of
radionuclides
that
are
now
in
the
hands
of
the
enemy,
which
we
hope
will
harm
itself
and
not
the
civilized
world,”
the
agency
said
in
its
statement.
Radionuclides
are
unstable
atoms
of
chemical
elements
that
release
radiation..
In
another
worrying
development,
Ukraine’s
nuclear
regulatory
agency
said
Monday
that
radiation
monitors
around
the
plant
had
stopped
working.
Story first published: Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 8:37 [IST]
For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS | Published: Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 8:37 [IST] Lviv, Mar 23: Russian military forces have destroyed a new laboratory at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that among other things works to improve management of radioactive waste, the Ukrainian state agency responsible for the Chernobyl exclusion zone said Tuesday. The Russian military seized the decommissioned plant at the beginning of the war. The exclusion zone is the contaminated area around the plant, site of the world’s worst nuclear meltdown in 1986. The state agency said the laboratory, built at a cost of 6 million euros with support from the European Commission, opened in 2015. The laboratory contained “highly active samples and samples of radionuclides that are now in the hands of the enemy, which we hope will harm itself and not the civilized world,” the agency said in its statement. Radionuclides are unstable atoms of chemical elements that release radiation.. In another worrying development, Ukraine’s nuclear regulatory agency said Monday that radiation monitors around the plant had stopped working. Story first published: Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 8:37 [IST]