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Ukraine Says Forest Fires Near Chernobyl Have Sparked Radiation Concern

The Epoch Times

By Lorenz Duchamps

March 22, 2022 Updated: March 22, 2022

 

Energoatom, a Ukrainian regulatory agency that operates nuclear power plants in the country, warned on Monday that forest fires near Russian-held Chernobylhave raised radiation concerns.

In a March 21 statement, the Ukrainian parliament said that at least seven different fires were spotted near the plant by satellite images of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Sentinel-2 satellite.

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