Stress could be impacting their ability to safely carry out their duties at the nuclear site, according to report
Hundreds of workers at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant have been stuck at the site amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a report.
Specifically, more than 100 workers at the power plant have been unable to leave for more than 13 days since Russian forces seized the plant on the first day of the invasion, reports the BBC.
Another 200 Ukrainian guards, who had been in charge of security at the time of the assault, also remain trapped, according to the report.
Workers continue to perform their duties, but conditions inside are difficult, with food and medicine limited.
"The situation is complicated and tense," Yuri Fomichev, Mayor of Slavutych (a city near the nuclear plant), told the BBC. "It is difficult for them morally, psychologically and physically."
There are also growing concerns that stress could be impacting their ability to safely carry out their duties at the nuclear site, BBC wrote.
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Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986. And although no longer working as a power station, it was never fully abandoned and still requires constant management.
These days, around 2,400 people still work at the site, including scientists, technicians, cooks, medics and other support staff, plus members of the national guard.
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