It’s clear the risks extend beyond Ukraine’s 15 operating nuclear power plants. During the first week of the war, nuclear-waste facilities in Kyiv were also damaged
Rafael Mariano Grossi, who leads the International Atomic Energy Agency, said that a neutron generator at the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology was destroyed during a Russian attack but the inventory of radioactive material at the site was small and monitors detected no radiation release.
“We cannot go on like this,” said Grossi, noting that the facility was built in collaboration with U.S. Argonne National Laboratory located outside Chicago. The destroyed lab was used for research as well as to provide medical isotopes for healthcare workers, according to Ukrainian officials. Kharkiv’s relationship with the U.S. grew under the Obama administration, which helped remove 16 kilograms (35.3 pounds) of highly-enriched uranium from the site.
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