According to the UN nuclear watchdog, it found no evidence of “undeclared nuclear operations” at the three locations in Ukraine that it examined at Kiev’s request after Russian charges over a fictitious “dirty bomb.”
The Eastern Mining and Processing Plant in Zhovti Kody, the Production Association Pivdennyi Machine-Building Plant in Dnipro, and the Institute for Nuclear Research in Kyiv have all granted the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) “unrestricted access,” according to a statement released on Thursday.
The Vienna-based organisation stated: “Based on the assessment of the results to date and the information given by Ukraine, the agency did not identify any signs of undeclared nuclear activity and materials at the locations.
According to the statement, inspectors also collected environmental samples that will be submitted to a facility for study. The IAEA will then provide a report on the findings.
Russia had previously made reference to all three of the locations in conjunction with its baseless allegation that Ukraine intended to use a dirty bomb, a type of conventional explosive device contaminated with radioactive, biological, or chemical ingredients.
