Matthew Sparkes is a writer.

Neutron facility

The Institute of Physics and Technology has infrastructure damage.

The Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine.

A worker who escaped the facility when it was captured by Russian forces warns that scientists monitoring radiation levels at Chernobyl are unable to access their laboratories and instruments because Russian troops control the plant. The staff running the power plants are being held in poor conditions without the chance to take a break.

The nuclear expert from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine asked to remain anonymous for security reasons.

On the first day of the invasion, the scientist's team was able to escape the facility and leave the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.