Nuclear facility at Kharkiv institute without external power March 12-13 due to Russian attacks — IAEA
On the night of March 11-12, as a result of Russian attacks on a substation near the nuclear subcritical facility (NSF) neutron source at the National Science Center Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, the facility was disconnected from the power grid until March 13.
This was reported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on its website March 19, citing Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate.
"During this outage, the facility was powered by emergency diesel generators," the IAEA noted.
As previously reported, head of the department for countering crimes committed in conditions of armed conflict at the Office of the Prosecutor General Yuriy Bilousov told Interfax-Ukraine in April 2024 that Russian aggressor shelling of the Center’s buildings in 2022 was aimed at damaging the nuclear facility and was qualified as ecocide.
According to him, high-ranking Russian army officials gave direct orders to shell the Center’s facility, on whose territory is located the world’s only nuclear subcritical facility "Neutron Source," as well as a nuclear materials storage facility.
From Feb. 24 to July 22, 2022, the Center’s territory, including the "Neutron Source" NSF and the nuclear materials storage facility, was under constant shelling by Russian occupation forces. Investigators and prosecutors established 74 hits from various types of weapons.
