The inspections appeared to refute unsubstantiated Russian claims that Ukraine intends to use a 'dirty bomb.'
are explosive devices that include both conventional explosives and nuclear material. They can produce widespread radioactive contamination but aren't considered the same as traditional nuclear weapons.Zoom in:
Russia specifically made claims about undeclared nuclear activity at the Institute for Nuclear Research in Kyiv, the Eastern Mining and Processing Plant in Zhovti Kody and the Production Association Pivdennyi Machine-Building Plant in Dnipro.its inspectors did not find any indications of undeclared nuclear activities and materials at the locations.
The inspectors also collected environmental samples at the locations that would provide additional information about current and past activities at the sites related to the handling of nuclear materials. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said the agency would release the results of the environmental samples "as soon as possible.""Upon the request of the Government of Ukraine, I immediately dispatched inspectors to the three locations to carry out their indispensable technical and independent role in verifying the facts on the ground.
“Our technical and scientific evaluation of the results we have so far did not show any sign of undeclared nuclear activities and materials at these three locations,” he said.Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu raised the "dirty bomb" claim in calls with the defense ministers of the U.S., France, U.K. and Turkey last month.Russian President Vladimir Putin has
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