Russian NBC protection troops permanently deployed at ZNPP — commander

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Russian specialists, jointly with IAEA inspectors, are monitoring the radiation situation at the plant

MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. Units of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense Troops continue to carry out permanent missions at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, monitoring radiation backgrounds together with specialists of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the commander of the troops said.

"Our units continue to carry out missions at this nuclear facility on a permanent basis. A combined detachment of the Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense Troops is deployed at the plant on standby to respond to potential emergencies," Maj. Gen. Alexey Rtishchev told the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper in an interview.

"In addition to their primary duties, our specialists, jointly with IAEA inspectors, are monitoring the radiation situation at the plant, collecting and analyzing samples of soil and water, both at the plant itself and at socially important sites of [the plant’s satellite city of] Energodar," the Russian general continued.

"And, based on its data, the radiation background remains within the normal natural limits: no thresholds have been exceeded, and no chemical or biological hazards have been detected," he said.

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