Huge anxiety over Zaporizhzhia NPP. Why? Because its massive radioactive inventory could be released in an attack. Because NPPs are inherently dangerous. Surrounding countries already distributing potassium-iodide. Wouldn't happen if Zaporizhzhia was a wind farm. Lesson here any?
— Beyond Nuclear International (@BeyondNukesInt) October 20, 2022
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Zaporizhzhia plant down to diesel generators as shelling cuts power essential for cooling | Reuters
Overnight shelling cut power to Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which needs cooling to avoid a meltdown, forcing it to switch to emergency generators, Ukraine’s state nuclear company and the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Saturday.
Source: Zaporizhzhia plant down to diesel generators as shelling cuts power essential for cooling | Reuters
Russia Using Zaporizhzhia Power Plant as ‘Nuclear Weapon’?
Ukraine’s Imperiled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Complex: What Could Go Wrong
Russian forces occupy Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar.
Source: Ukraine’s Imperiled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Complex: What Could Go Wrong – CounterPunch.org
Greenpeace warns of twin nuclear quandaries in Ukraine
Safety conditions at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant are “completely out of control,” according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. This comes as the Russian military has deployed heavy artillery batteries and laid anti-personnel landmines at the site in recent weeks. “
Source: Greenpeace warns of twin nuclear quandaries in Ukraine | Opinion – Alternet.org
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