https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraine-n ... 022-03-09/LVIV, Ukraine, March 9 (Reuters) - Radioactive substances could be released from Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant because it cannot cool spent nuclear fuel after its power connection was severed, Ukraine’s state-run nuclear company Energoatom said on Wednesday.
It said fighting made it impossible to immediately repair the high-voltage power line to the plant, which was captured by Russian forces after the Kremlin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. read more
Energoatom said there were about 20,000 spent fuel assemblies at Chernobyl that could not be kept cool amid a power outage.
Their warming could lead to "the release of radioactive substances into the environment. The radioactive cloud could be carried by wind to other regions of Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and Europe," it said in a statement.
Without power, ventilation systems at the plant would also not be working, exposing staff to dangerous doses of radiation, it added.
Ukraine warns of radiation leak risk after power cut at occupied Chernobyl plant
Ukraine warns of radiation leak risk after power cut at occupied Chernobyl plant
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Re: Ukraine warns of radiation leak risk after power cut at occupied Chernobyl plant
Will the world stand by and allow Russia to cause radiation to be released?
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Re: Ukraine warns of radiation leak risk after power cut at occupied Chernobyl plant
I always did think Putin was a murder-suicide kind of guy.
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Re: Ukraine warns of radiation leak risk after power cut at occupied Chernobyl plant
IAEA thinks it isn't a threat.
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Re: Ukraine warns of radiation leak risk after power cut at occupied Chernobyl plant
On the one hand, they think it isn't a threat. On the other hand, their statement says:
“I remain gravely concerned about the deteriorating situation in Ukraine, especially about the country’s nuclear power plants, which must be able to continue operating without any safety or security threats,” he said. “Any accident caused as a result of the military conflict could have extremely serious consequences for people and the environment, in Ukraine and beyond.”
That doesn't fill me full of confidence.
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Re: Ukraine warns of radiation leak risk after power cut at occupied Chernobyl plant
"lining up the holes in the cheese" ...
One less safety net. This happens in the lead-up to a lot of tragedies.
One less safety net. This happens in the lead-up to a lot of tragedies.
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Re: Ukraine warns of radiation leak risk after power cut at occupied Chernobyl plant
The other nuke plant isn't doing swell, either.
https://www.grid.news/story/science/202 ... dangerous/
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