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

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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.