MOSCOW – The Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences has analyzed background radiation data near Chornobyl and Prypyat in the wake of the fires near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and concluded that they were not threatening.
“Following analysis of the existing data on the parameters measured between March 27 and April 11, 2020, of background radiation in Ukraine and, in particular, at observation posts of nuclear power plants and on the grounds of the Chornobyl NPP, it is possible to conclude that no resulting background radiation changes have been registered to date, which might negatively affect the health of the population or NPP employees, and there is no need for additional measures in that respect,” the institute’s creator and scientific director Leonid Bolshov told journalists.
The analysis used data obtained from the International Atomic Energy Agency, he said. Radiation doses in the air at the Chornobyl NPP measured within the background radiation considered natural for that area. That level “poses no threat to public health and does not require any intervention,” the Russian academic said.
