Nuclear Agency Sees Chernobyl Radiation Rise After Russian Takeover
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Ukraine's nuclear regulatory agency said higher gamma radiation levels were detected at the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster back in 1986.
Ukraine’s nuclear energy regulatory agency says that higher than usual gamma radiation levels have been detected in the area near the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant, after it was seized by the Russian military.
The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate said Friday that higher gamma radiation levels have been detected in the Chernobyl zone, but didn’t provide details of the increase.
It attributed the rise to a “disturbance of the topsoil due to the movement of a large amount of heavy military equipment through the exclusion zone and the release of contaminated radioactive dust into the air.”