No Radiation Leak From Pakistan Nuclear Facility: Global Nuclear Watchdog

<p>Global nuclear watchdog IAEA has said there was no radiation leak or release from any nuclear facility in Pakistan during the country’s recent military conflict with India.</p>
<p>The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) statement came amid claims being made on social media that Pakistan’s nuclear facilities were hit by Indian armed forces during <a title=”Operation Sindoor” href=”https://news.abplive.com/topic/operation-sindoor” data-type=”interlinkingkeywords”>Operation Sindoor</a>.</p>
<p>”Based on information available to the IAEA, there has been no radiation leak or release from any nuclear facility in Pakistan,” an IAEA spokesperson told PTI.</p>
<p>Earlier, Air Marshal A K Bharti, Director General of Air Operations, rejected suggestions that India hit Kirana Hills, home to Pakistan’s nuclear installations.</p>
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<p>”We have not hit Kirana Hills, whatever is there,” Air Marshal Bharti said at a media briefing on May 12.</p>
<p>India’s strikes hit an airbase in Sargodha and there were some reports that the base is linked to an underground nuclear storage facility in Kirana Hills.</p>
<p>External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal also rejected US President Donald Trump’s claims of having averted a nuclear conflict between the two nations.</p>
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<p>He said India’s military action was in the conventional domain and denied speculation about a nuclear war.&nbsp;</p>
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