Ukraine Conflict Environmental Briefing - Nuclear Sites and Radiation Risks
Publisher: Conflict and Environment Observatory
Author(s): Zoï Environment Network
Date: 2022
Topics: Livelihoods, Public Health, Weapons, Waste, and Pollution
Countries: Ukraine
Ukraine has a highly developed infrastructure of sites and facilities linked to nuclear activities. The conflict has impacted them in numerous ways, with implications for public health and the environment, and has breached international norms protecting nuclear facilities during armed conflicts and in situations of occupation.