Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to media question about improper storage of radioactive waste in Ukraine
10 November 2023 13:43
2274-10-11-2023
Question: There has been information that dangerous radioactive waste at the Pridneprovsky Chemical Plant is stored in breach of safety requirements and in an overall improper way. How can you comment on this?
Maria Zakharova: The situation as regards storing dangerous radioactive waste in Ukraine is quite horrifying. The total volume of waste left after uranium ore processing at the Pridneprovsky Chemical Plant in Kamenskoye (former Dneprodzerzhinsk) is 42 million tonnes. There are several warehouses and shops that produce triuranium octoxide, covering an area of some 600 hectares at the plant and outside it.
This waste is a significant and dangerous source of environmental pollution. There is a high probability that some 12 million tonnes of radioactive waste may reach the Dnieper River and ground waters as a result of a possible washout of a dam at a storage facility located 800 metres from the river and its Konoplyanka tributary. Some 14 tonnes of radioactive dust are spread around annually, including over agricultural land.
According to our data, Kiev does not provide funding to ensure the environmental safety of the Pridneprovsky plant facilities, which might ultimately result in an environmental disaster not only in the territory controlled by the Kiev regime, but also beyond it.
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