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them if there is any radiation found.
If the dog gets too close to the radiation
the handler, who will be about 30m
away, gets an alarm within a second. The
detectors are so sensitive that they go off
at the lowest levels of radiation to get the
dogs out of danger and protect them.
Ukraine has 15 operational nuclear
reactors that generate approximately 54
per cent of the country’s electricity needs.
“They are not areas where you want to
have active fighting,” Basu said. “The
threat of nuclear incidents increases if you
use nuclear power plants as a battlefield. It
is an accident waiting to happen.”
The dogs have been trained as part of
a European Commission programme in
co-operation with the Belgian army. A total
of 50 dogs will be transferred to Ukrainian
forces.
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