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Research reactor in Kharkiv has been completely destroyed

A Ukrainian nuclear facility and research reactor in Kharkiv that was
reportedly damaged by Russian shelling has, in fact, been completely
destroyed, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a briefing late
Monday. IAEA head Rafael Grossi said that the relatively new the Kharkiv
Institute of Physics and Technology, which had been built with the help of
the United States, was considered “subcritical” and had “a very small
inventory of material ,” and added that there had been no release of
radiation. 
Bellona 8th March 2022 https://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issues/2022-03-ukrainian-research-reactor-reported-as-damaged-actually-destroyed-iaea-says

March 10, 2022 - Posted by | incidents, Ukraine

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