Ukraine Loses Communication With Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant: IAEA

Ukraine Loses Communication With Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant: IAEA
A worker makes a phone call in the control room of Reactor 2 inside the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant near Chernobyl, Ukraine, on Sept. 29, 2015. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Ukraine lost all communications with the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on March 10, the country’s regulatory authority informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Just a day earlier, the site had lost all external power supply, following which, the plant made use of emergency generators. The loss in communication means that the Ukraine operator cannot provide IAEA with updated information about the site.

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