{"id":4398,"date":"2023-07-03T11:23:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T09:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rapport-activite.irsn.fr\/?page_id=4398"},"modified":"2023-10-09T13:01:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T11:01:22","slug":"war-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rapport-activite.irsn.fr\/2022\/en\/war-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"WAR IN UKRAINE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On February 24th<\/sup>, 2022, Russian troops invaded Ukraine on four fronts and seized control of the Chornobyl site, where 20,000 spent fuel assemblies are stored. The very next day, IRSN mobilized its emergency response organization, activating its Emergency Response Center (ERC) in Fontenay-aux-Roses (Hauts-de-Seine) to carry out its technical and scientific missions to support national public authorities and international bodies. These missions involve daily monitoring of radiation levels on Ukrainian and European territories, assessing the safety of Ukrainian nuclear facilities; anticipating possible accident situations and their potential consequences for populations and the environment in Ukraine, Europe and France. IRSN was also mobilized to respond to media and civil society inquiries and produced information notes and educational materials on the situation of nuclear facilities in Ukraine in order to contribute to an understanding of the risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the war continued to drag on. At various times, Ukrainian nuclear facilities were hit by artillery shellings, causing concerns as no other nuclear country had previously experienced an armed conflict of this scale[1]<\/sup>. Never before had nuclear power plants been used as military targets, knowing that they are not designed to withstand warfare. And the risk of a severe radiological accident had never before posed such a serious threat to Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faced with this unprecedented, evolving and often disquieting situation, IRSN emergency response teams, supported by various expert within the Institute, remain mobilized. For 10 months, they adapted their organization, mobilization and involvement as the events, solicitations and issues unfolded. Managing this crisis, different from that of Fukushima-Daiichi in Japan in 2011, led the Institute to adjust the working methods of its Emergency Response Center. Internally, it involved employees and fostered collaborative work and synergy among multidisciplinary teams. Externally, it highlighted the importance of IRSN\u2019s role as a technical expert able to provide support for the public authorities in the ecosystem of international crisis management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of December 31, 2022, none of the attacks directed at Ukrainian nuclear facilities or power infrastructure had caused damage to critical zones or generated any episodes of radioactive release. No abnormal increase in radioactivity had been detected by the monitoring networks, either in Ukraine or in neighboring countries. Nevertheless, major risks still persist. The Institute therefore remains mobilized on active standby. IRSN will continue to support the nuclear safety initiatives undertaken by European and international safety organizations, foremost among which is the IAEA and its Director General Rafael Grossi, to preserve safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[1] Slovenia\u2019s war of independence had led, as a precaution, to the temporary shutdown of the Kr\u0161ko power plant in 1991.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On February 24th, 2022, Russian troops invaded Ukraine on four fronts and seized control of the Chornobyl site, where 20,000 spent fuel assemblies are stored. 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