{"id":1367217,"date":"2022-03-09T14:31:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T19:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1367217"},"modified":"2022-03-09T14:35:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T19:35:59","slug":"iaea-says-no-critical-impact-on-safety-as-ukraine-sees-risk-of-radiation-leak-at-chernobyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iaea-says-no-critical-impact-on-safety-as-ukraine-sees-risk-of-radiation-leak-at-chernobyl\/","title":{"rendered":"IAEA Says \u201cNo Critical Impact on Safety\u201d as Ukraine Sees Risk of Radiation Leak at Chernobyl"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fiaea-says-no-critical-impact-on-safety-as-ukraine-sees-risk-of-radiation-leak-at-chernobyl%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1367217&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"primary-image-caption\" data-testid=\"primary-image-caption\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__medium-grey__3A_RT text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__base__22dCE body__caption__3L8vY article-body__primary-image-caption__2qQ2V\">A general view shows the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine November 22, 2018. 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REUTERS\/Gleb Garanich\/File Photo<\/p>\n<div class=\"registration-prompt__container__ia3bM column article-body__aside-registration-prompt__100pe\">\n<div class=\"registration-prompt__text-content__1_ijH\">\n<h6 class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__white__3r45t text__medium__1kbOh text__heading_6__1qUJ5 heading__base__2T28j heading__heading_6__RtD9P registration-prompt__heading__1zL6F\">Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com<\/h6>\n<p><button class=\"button__button__2Ecqi button__secondary__18moI button__round__1nYLA text-button__container__3q3zX registration-prompt__button-text__2ySbK\" type=\"button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__inherit-color__3208F text__bold__2-8Kc text__default__UPMUu text-button__medium__113uZ\">Register<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-body__context_widget__Q3xE9 article-body__element__OOj6H\">\n<div class=\"context-widget__content__1cb4b\">\n<ul class=\"summary__summary__3oBN8\">\n<li class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__body__yKS5U body__base__22dCE body__body_alt__2kEQu summary__point__eci4G\">Russian forces hold Chernobyl nuclear power station<\/li>\n<li class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__body__yKS5U body__base__22dCE body__body_alt__2kEQu summary__point__eci4G\">Ukraine says power outage threatens its safety<\/li>\n<li class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__body__yKS5U body__base__22dCE body__body_alt__2kEQu summary__point__eci4G\">IAEA sees &#8220;no critical impact on safety&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-0\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">LVIV, Ukraine, March 9 (Reuters) &#8211; Ukraine said on Wednesday there was a danger of a radiation leak at the Chernobyl nuclear power station after electricity was cut off to the plant, but the U.N. nuclear watchdog saw &#8220;no critical impact on security&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-1\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">State-run nuclear company Energoatom said a high-voltage power line had been damaged during fighting between Ukrainian troops and Russian forces who are occupying the defunct plant, and that it had been cut off from the national power grid. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-promises-silence-ukrainians-flee-battered-cities-2022-03-09\/\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-2\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">It said &#8220;radioactive substances&#8221; could eventually be released, threatening other parts of Ukraine and Europe, if there was no power to cool spent nuclear fuel stored at the plant that suffered the world&#8217;s worst nuclear accident in 1986.<\/p>\n<div class=\"registration-prompt__container__ia3bM registration-prompt__inline__1zdn0 article-body__element__OOj6H article-body__inline-registration-prompt__39Ed8\">\n<div class=\"registration-prompt__text-content__1_ijH\">\n<h5 class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__white__3r45t text__medium__1kbOh text__heading_5__2krbj heading__base__2T28j heading__heading_5__2A2g- registration-prompt__heading__1zL6F\">Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com<\/h5>\n<p><button class=\"button__button__2Ecqi button__secondary__18moI button__round__1nYLA text-button__container__3q3zX registration-prompt__button-text__2ySbK\" type=\"button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__inherit-color__3208F text__bold__2-8Kc text__default__UPMUu text-button__medium__113uZ\">Register<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-3\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said reserve diesel generators could power the plant for only 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-4\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">&#8220;After that, cooling systems of the storage facility for spent nuclear fuel will stop, making radiation leaks imminent,&#8221; he said on Twitter. &#8220;I call on the international community to urgently demand Russia to cease fire and allow repair units to restore power supply.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-5\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Twitter that the &#8220;development violates (a) key safety pillar on ensuring uninterrupted power supply&#8221; but that &#8220;in this case IAEA sees no critical impact on safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-6\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">The IAEA had warned on Tuesday that the systems monitoring nuclear material at the radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl had stopped transmitting data. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/iaea-loses-contact-with-safeguards-monitoring-systems-chernobyl-2022-03-08\/\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-7\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">The Chernobyl plant, which is still radioactive, lies about 100 km (62 miles) from Kyiv. Its fourth reactor exploded in April 1986 during a botched safety test, sending clouds of radiation billowing across much of Europe.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-8\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">A nuclear expert with knowledge of the plant&#8217;s system said there was cause for concern about the situation, and a key question would be how rapidly power can be restored.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-9\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">&#8220;Power cuts to nuclear facilities are potentially very dangerous,&#8221; said the expert, who declined to be identified because he is not authorised to speak in public about the situation.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-10\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">&#8220;The power cut could lead to water in the storage facility evaporating and exposure of spent fuel rods. 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