The International Atomic Energy Agency (AEIA) said on Monday that it had received information according to which artillery shells had damaged a nuclear research installation in the second besieged city in Ukraine, Kharkiv, without "consequencesradiological ".According to this United Nations Based in Vienna, the Ukrainian authorities reported that an attack took place on Sunday, adding that no increase in radiation levels had been reported on the site.
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The affected installation is part of the Kharkiv physics and technology institute, a research institute that produces radioactive equipment for medical and industrial applications.But "the inventory of radioactive materials of the site is very low" has argued the AIEA, ensuring that "the damage (...) reported would have had no radiological consequences."We have already experienced several episodes compromising the safety of Ukrainian nuclear sites," said AIEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grosi.
