The Ukrainian government is again warning of a possible nuclear disaster at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. ‘Expect the unexpected’ is the message from Kiev, says Europe journalist Geert Jan Hahn, who notes that a new power cable has been connected to the power plant, which stabilizes the situation. A cable which, according to the Russians, is now closed again.
According to Hahn, there seems to be a nuclear disaster warning from Kiev every day. “They warn of an unlikely disaster, such as a breach in the Kakhovka dam. Expect the unexpected.’ While Hahn calls it a good thing that a power cord is plugged into the swap, there’s still plenty to worry about.
List: a cooling pond that has not been replenished since the destruction of the Kakhhovka Dam, possible Russian undermining of the plant, the wind now being westward and therefore favorable for the Russians to initiate a nuclear disaster, and the Ukrainian claim that the Russians are taking away Ukrainian personnel.
Every day an official, every day a new complaint. It’s very opaque’
The foreign commentator notes that the six power plants inside the large power plant are “reasonably invulnerable”: “Those things are so awfully strong, you can’t just drop them.” However, cooling and plant personnel remain a concern.
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According to Hammelburg, the Ukrainian staff at the plant are treated terribly badly by the Russians and have to do their jobs under threat. “Sometimes they are thrown into punishment pits.” The International Atomic Energy Agency endorses these signals and says it remains “excruciatingly scary”. “As long as the cooling remains in order,” says Hammelburg. ‘Electric cable, for example, is so important to that. It’s about cooling those six power plants, so there’s no serious danger.”
Ukraine now claims that the Russians are removing their own links from the exchange, so that only Ukrainian personnel remain and that in the event of a disaster it will therefore be Ukraine’s fault. Incidentally, Hammelburg does not think that the Russian government is “crazy enough” to knowingly want to blow up Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which will eventually cause them big problems, despite the westerly wind.
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Source: BNR
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