প্রকাশ: 21/03/2022
Around half the
single shift of staff who have been working non-stop at the radioactive waste
facilities at Chernobyl since Russian forces seized the site last month have
been relieved by other Ukrainian staff, the UN nuclear watchdog said on
Sunday.
More than three weeks ago Russian forces took control of the
waste facilities near the now-defunct power plant that was the site of the
world's worst nuclear accident in 1986.
The shift that happened to be working then had been on duty
constantly since and unable to rotate out, which the International Atomic Energy
Agency had said posed a growing threat to safety as they were exhausted and
working under extreme pressure. It has often called for them to be replaced.
"They were there for far too long. I sincerely hope
that remaining staff from this shift can also rotate soon," IAEA chief
Rafael Grossi was quoted as saying in an IAEA statement issued on Sunday night.
"They had been carrying out their important work tasks
under immensely stressful and tiring conditions in the presence of foreign
military forces and without proper rest," the IAEA said, adding that
Ukraine's nuclear regulator informed it that the rotation had begun on Sunday
morning.
"It is a positive – albeit long overdue – development
that some staff at (Chernobyl) have now rotated and returned to their families.
They deserve our full respect and admiration for having worked in these
extremely difficult circumstances," Grossi said.
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