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The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, has condemned the Russian forces’ takeover of the dismantled nuclear power plant for several weeks, saying such an action was “very, very dangerous”.
“The situation is absolutely abnormal and very, very dangerous,” said the head of the United Nations agency.
Grossi spoke to reporters after reaching the sarcophagus that covers the radioactive waste of reactor number four of this nuclear power plant, in which, in 1986, the largest nuclear incident occurred.
Russian troops took control of the plant on February 24, the first day of the Ukrainian occupation, and remained in Chernobyl for several weeks, raising fears that there could be a nuclear leak.
Ukrainian officials have said that Russian soldiers may have been exposed to radiation after digging fortifications “in many places” at the plant complex and also moving their armored vehicles, causing nuclear dust to rise from the ground.
At Chernobyl in 1986, the world’s largest nuclear disaster struck, killing hundreds of people and causing radioactivity to spread across Europe.
This incident created a restricted area that is about 2,600 square kilometers. The dismantled Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located about 130 kilometers from Kiev.
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