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Security & Defense Council identifies new possible threat in nuclear sector due to Russian aggression

Published July 21, 2015 at 9:29 am

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko crosses himself after laying flowers at the memorial in front of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant on April 26.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) considered issues related to nuclear security at its meeting on July 20.

“The NSDC has assessed a design basis threat to nuclear facilities, nuclear materials, nuclear waste and other sources of ionizing radiation in Ukraine. After the issue had been considered, a new design basis threat was approved with due regard to considerable changes in the security situation due to Russian aggression,” the NSDC’s press service said after the meeting.