IAEA inspectors have completed an inspection at three sites in Ukraine, they did not identify any undeclared activities there, the agency said in a statement
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, chief of the Russian Armed Forces’ radiation, chemical and biological protection troops, earlier said the Russian Defence Ministry had information about Kiev’s plans to use a “dirty bomb” and blame it on Moscow. IAEA experts began inspections at Ukrainian facilities this week following Kiev’s request amid Russia’s allegations.
“IAEA inspectors have carried out an on-site inspection of activities at three sites in Ukraine at the request of the Ukrainian government. They found no undeclared nuclear activities or materials,” the organisation said in a statement.
It is specified that the IAEA inspectors came to this conclusion based on an assessment of “the results available to date and the information provided by Ukraine”. The experts have carried out all the verification activities that have been planned, the agency added. The inspections were carried out at sites in Kiev, Zheltiye Vody and Dnipropetrovsk..,
“The inspectors also collected samples from environmental sites for analysis at IAEA laboratories,” the agency said in a statement.
Such samples can provide information on past and current activities related to the handling of nuclear materials, the agency added. Rafael Grossi, the agency’s director general, said the results of the sample testing would be reported “as soon as possible”.