Russia ‘Looted and Destroyed’ Chernobyl Radioactive Waste Lab: Ukrainian Officials

Russia ‘Looted and Destroyed’ Chernobyl Radioactive Waste Lab: Ukrainian Officials
The structure of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) covering the 4th block of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which was destroyed during the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, is pictured on Nov. 22, 2018. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
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Russian forces have destroyed a laboratory at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and seized highly radioactive samples, according to Ukrainian officials.

The Ukrainian state agency responsible for the Chernobyl exclusion zone said in a statement Tuesday that Russian forces “looted and destroyed” the lab, which was opened in 2015 with support from the European Union and worked to improve management of radioactive waste.
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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