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Contact ‘Lost’ With Chernobyl Radiation Safety Systems, Nuclear Watchdog Confirms

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Updated 20:59 8 Mar 2022 GMTPublished 20:55 8 Mar 2022 GMT

Contact ‘Lost’ With Chernobyl Radiation Safety Systems, Nuclear Watchdog Confirms

The international nuclear watchdog has revealed that it has lost contact with workers in Ukrainian power plant Chernobyl

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

The international nuclear watchdog has revealed that it has lost contact with workers in Ukrainian power plant Chernobyl.

On the first day that President Vladimir Putin sent troops across the border on 24 February, Russian forces seized control of Chernobyl power station.

Hostages were taken at the nuclear plant - which is located 60 miles north of Kyiv - who are reported as having been forced to continue work while only on one meal a day and two hours of sleep.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAE) has since voiced its concern for the reported 210 members of staff held within the plant, after realising 'remote data transmission from safeguards monitoring systems installed at the Chernobyl NPP had been lost'.

After having lost access for nearly two weeks, workers at the plant were only able to be contacted 'via email,' according to Ukraine's state regulator, Metro reports.

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As of today (8 March), Chernobyl's workers have been stuck inside the plant for 13 days.

As per the IAEA's website, its Director General Rafael Grossi stated: "I’m deeply concerned about the difficult and stressful situation facing staff at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant and the potential risks this entails for nuclear safety.

"I call on the forces in effective control of the site to urgently facilitate the safe rotation of personnel there."

Grossi also raised his concerns at a meeting on 2 March, held between the IAEA's Board of Governors.

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He noted that the mounting pressure Chernobyl staff members were facing directly risked the seven indispensable pillars of nuclear safety and security.

According to the IAEA, the handling of the plant's nuclear material has been temporarily put on hold, however the situation for staff is 'worsening'.

In a bid to help the staff being held captive in the plant, the IAEA has appealed to both Ukraine and Russia, offering to hold talks between the two to try and enforce some sort of shift rotation or replacement of staff members.

The Chernobyl sarcophagus.
Alamy

Grossi has even said that he is willing to travel to the plant himself to try and reach some sort of solution.

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Eight of Ukraine's 15 nuclear reactors are currently still in operation, the IAEA has reported.

This includes the two Zaporizhzhya plants which were also captured by Russian forces last week.

However, it is reported that the sites have normal radiation levels.

If you would like to donate to the Red Cross Emergency Appeal, which will help provide food, medicines and basic medical supplies, shelter and water to those in Ukraine, click here for more information.

Featured Image Credit: Alamy/ @HannaLiubakova/ Twitter

Topics: Chernobyl, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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