What to know about Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant ByClaire Parker
What to know about Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
By Claire Parker at the Washington Post
August 20, 2022 at 1:04 p.m. EDT
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/20/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-russia-ukraine/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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Warnings of a possible attack at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine have sent some nearby residents fleeing over the threat of nuclear catastrophe.
Ukrainian intelligence said Russia sent plant workers home Friday and could be planning an imminent attack. The facility has been under Russian control since March but continues to supply electricity to Ukraine.
Ukraine has blamed Russia for explosions there and said the Kremlin is using Europe’s largest nuclear power plant for blackmail. Russian President Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, has accused Ukraine of shelling the plant. Both sides said the other could seek to deflect blame through a “false flag” operation.
Warnings of attack on Ukraine nuclear plant set the world on edge
So far, Ukraine’s suspicions that Russia will act to remove Zaporizhzhia from Ukraine’s power grid have not been borne out. But the situation remains tense: Fighting has prompted some nearby residents to leave, while others live under daily bombardment.
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leading to risk of a meltdown. The other big risk is attempting to switch the reactor away from the Ukraine power grid to Russia's power grid, which Putin wants to do. (Build your own nuclear reactors, jackass.) In the process, the cooling mechanisms would be entirely reliant on diesel generators. Not a good thing. Putin is also refusing to set up a demilitarized zone around the plant. He promises not to let anything bad happen to it, honest.
No paywall: https://archive.ph/7utSk
"What could possibly go wrong?!"
Psst...ask Japan.