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Nuclear Watchdog Begins Inspection of Russia’s Kursk Plant
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0:54Now PlayingMonitors from the United Nations atomic watchdog are preparing to assess the safety situation at a nuclear power plant on Russian soil that’s near territory seized by Ukraine this month in a cross-border incursion. #politics #russia #kursk #nuclear #putin #worldnews #ukraine
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, arrived at Rosatom Corp’s plant in Russia’s western Kursk region on Tuesday, the state-owned TASS news agency reported. The Soviet-era technology currently operating on the site is particularly vulnerable to a Chernobyl-like accident if hit by artillery or rocket fire, Grossi told Bloomberg Television last week.
The so-called RBMK technology operating at the Kursk plant uses the same outdated Soviet design that exploded in Chernobyl. Unlike modern units, it doesn’t have the steel and concrete containment domes that back up core safety systems and are designed to contain radiation in the event of an accident.
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