Kyiv. The UN nuclear agency said Thursday that its inspectors found no evidence to support Russia’s claim that Ukraine was building and detonating a radioactive “dirty bomb” intended to blame Moscow. The International Atomic Energy Agency said that the inspections at the request of the Ukrainian government found “no indication of undeclared nuclear activity and materials”. Went.
“Based on an evaluation of the results available to date and the information provided by Ukraine, the agency found no indication of undisclosed nuclear activities and material at locations,” the IAEA said in a statement. – Has repeatedly made baseless claims that Ukraine is about to detonate a bomb that will scatter radioactive waste. Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, last week claimed in a letter to members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that Ukraine’s nuclear research facility and mining company had to “develop such a dirty bomb”. Orders were received from the regime of President Volodymyr) Zelensky.’
Russia wants to intensify war: Ukrainian officials
Ukrainian officials have dismissed the allegations, saying that Russia wants to intensify the war in this way. Earlier, Ukraine’s Atomic Energy Agency said the Russian strike damaged the power supply system connecting the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant to the Ukraine grid. Due to this attack, now Europe’s largest nuclear power plant has once again become dependent on diesel-powered generators.
the possibility of a radiation emergency
Ukraine’s nuclear energy agency Energotum said in a post on Telegram that the generators have enough fuel to run the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine for 15 days. Energotum said it has limited resources to maintain the nuclear power plant in a safe condition. With six of its reactors inactive, the plant relies on external electricity to cool its spent fuel. The IAEA has warned that firing at and around the plant could result in a radiation emergency.