Workers at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine were able to go back home after they spent roughly 600 hours at the facility following its takeover by the Russian military. In total, 64 workers were evacuated on March 20, which includes 50 employees from the plant and 9 members of the National Guard of Ukraine, according to a Facebook post from officials. “Please be reminded that the employees were at their workplaces for about 600 hours, having heroically performed their professional duties and maintained the appropriate level of safety,” the post said. The departing employees were replaced with 46 new “employee-volunteers.” Half of the facility’s technical staff had exited the site on Sunday. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was informed on March 21 that the remaining technical staff, except for thirteen members who declined to rotate, left the site on Monday. In addition, most of the Ukrainian guards also …
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