The Council of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has decided not to participate in new collaborations with Russia and its institutions, Ukrinform reports.
The press release of the Council says that collaborations will be suspended until further notice.
CERN has also suspended Russia's observer status.
Instead, the Council of the European Organization for Nuclear Research will promote initiatives to support Ukrainian collaborators and Ukrainian scientific activity in the field of high-energy physics.
"The 23 Member States of CERN condemn, in the strongest terms, the military invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation and deplore the resulting loss of life and humanitarian impact, as well as the involvement of Belarus in this unlawful use of force against Ukraine," the press release said.
It will be recalled that on March 4, the International Atomic Energy Agency met and adopted a resolution strongly condemning the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. In particular, it is about the forcible seizure of control over nuclear facilities in Ukraine.
Mykola Steinberg, a former chief engineer of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and former Deputy Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine, appealed to the world nuclear energy community about the shelling of the Zaporizhzhya NPP by the Russian occupiers.