nogojones
spelling is overrated
There's very little chance they would have been able to maintain them, or even keep them safe over the last 30 years. Ukraine is notoriously sloppy with radioactive materials and waste.Yes, but had they kept them (some of them) the situation today would be rather different.
Given the country was decimated when the basic security net for its citizens was pulled from under them, there would have been no end of chancers trying to sell them to any bidders. Even the Welsh Free Army would have got their share.