IAEA says Chernobyl power loss not impacting safety

A radiation sign outside the deserted town of Pripyat, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, February 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
A radiation sign outside the deserted town of Pripyat, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, February 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

The UN atomic watchdog says it saw “no critical impact on safety” from the loss of power at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant, site of the 1986 disaster.

“Ukraine has informed IAEA of power loss,” the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says in a tweet, adding that “in this case IAEA sees no critical impact on safety.”

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