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U.N. atomic watchdog to secure all of Ukraine's nuclear plants

IAEA's director general and Ukraine’s prime minister announced the agreement for the U.N. atomic watchdog agency to establish a continuous presence of nuclear safety and security experts at all Ukrainian nuclear power plants.

Ukraine's Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
Ukraine's Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (AN/Michael Getreu/Unsplash)

The head of the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency and Ukraine's prime minister have agreed to a plan for continuous monitoring of Ukraine's four nuclear power plants and the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

IAEA's Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced the agreement for the U.N. atomic watchdog agency to establish a continuous presence of nuclear safety and security experts at all of the country’s nuclear power plants, which have 16 nuclear reactors between them.

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