Ukraine Reports Damage to Two Nuclear Waste Facilities
- IAEA monitors say facilities containing waste were damaged
- Report follows warning Ukraine’s atomic facilities at risk
Russia has also seized the area around Chernobyl.
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Two Ukrainian facilities containing nuclear waste suffered damage amid Russia’s now four-day-old invasion, international monitors reported on Sunday.
Missiles hit a radioactive waste-disposal site in Kyiv, and an electrical transformer was damaged in a similar depot in Kharkiv, according to an email from the International Atomic Energy Agency. Inspectors are still awaiting radiation measurements from local authorities to determine the extent of the damage.