Radiation detectors have resumed online operation in the area around Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant for the first time since russia's occupation on February 24, reported the press service of the IAEA.
"Dozens of radiation detectors are once again transmitting data from the area around the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) after Ukraine – with technical support from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – succeeded in reviving a vital information link that was cut at the start of the conflict more than 100 days ago," says the statement.
IAEA Director-General, Mariano Grossi, stated that most of the 39 detectors sending data from the Exclusion Zone – spanning 30 kilometres around the NPP – are now visible on the IRMIS map (International information system of radiation monitoring - Ed.) and updated as they were before the interruption.
Ukrainian state-owned Nuclear Energy Company Enerhoatom accused the IAEA Director Mariano Grossi of lying over his statement about the invitation to the Zaporyzhya NPP that's been under russian occupation for several months now.