Exceeding the control levels of gamma radiation dose in the exclusion zone of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) are associated with a violation of the top layer of soil due to a large amount of heavy military equipment, the State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation said on Friday morning.

"Exceeding the control levels of the dose rate of gamma radiation in the exclusion zone was recorded. Such fluctuations in the indicators of the sensors of the Automated Radiation Monitoring System are associated by specialists of the Ecocenter laboratory with a violation of the upper soil layer due to the movement of a large amount of heavy military equipment through the exclusion zone and the rise of contaminated radioactive dust into the air," the State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation said on Facebook.

According to the report, the state of nuclear installations and other facilities of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant is unchanged.

Earlier, the State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation, declaring the excess of radiation in the exclusion zone, indicated that due to the occupation of the zone and hostilities, it was impossible to establish the causes of changes in the radiation background indicators in the Chornobyl zone.