IAEA, EU chide Russia on Chernobyl anniversary

Exactly 36 years after the meltdown in Chernobyl, conflict has rekindled concerns about the safety of nuclear sites in Ukraine. Russian troops are still occupying another of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN atomic watchdog, Rafael Grossi visited the site of Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine on Tuesday and said the radiation levels there were now back to “normal” for the area.

“The radiation level, I would say, is at normal. There have been some moments when the levels have gone up because of the movement of the heavy equipment that Russian forces were bringing here and when they left,” Grossi told reporters.