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Poland, Canada call U.N. nuclear watchdog meeting on Ukraine

27.02.2022 14:50
The International Atomic Energy Agency will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss the current situation in Ukraine, the Reuters news agency reported on Sunday.
The site of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, some 100 km north of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
The site of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, some 100 km north of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.Photo EPA/OLEG PETRASYUK

The U.N. nuclear watchdog's 35-nation meeting was called by board members Poland and Canada at the request of Ukraine, which is not on the Board.

The agenda includes such items as  “The safety, security and safeguards implications of the situation in Ukraine," one diplomat was quoted as saying  by Reuters.

Since Russia's invasion of  Ukraine began on Thursday, the International Atomic Energy Agency has expressed concern as Russian forces seized the spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear accident at a now-defunct power plant.

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Source: Reuters