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APR 17, 2024

LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Wednesday, (04/17/2024)

The following is an abbreviated updated article from “Army Technology” concerning the status of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, echoing concerns that a nuclear ‘accident’ might be immanent. But, whatever occurs, as I mentioned yesterday, it is impossible to justify referring to this attack as an accident. Accidents are simply not caused intentionally. ~llaw

Russia holds Zaporizhzhia’s power plant ‘hostage’ – is a nuclear accident imminent?

The IAEA warns that recent attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the world’s third largest, pose a “major nuclear threat”.

Alex BlairApril 17, 2024

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged blame over a spate of recent attacks on the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), sparking concerns over mass radiological contamination should drones breach the reactors at Europe’s largest nuclear site.

“Reckless attacks” on Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia in eastern Ukraine “significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident”, Rafael Mariano Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told the UN Security Council on Monday (15 April).

The IAEA sounded the alarm after a series of drone strikes on the ZNPP since 7 April, the first since November 2022. There was one reported casualty.

Spread over several days, the attacks damaged the roof of ZNPP’s Reactor 6, adjacent to the main reactor buildings.

All six reactors were promptly moved into a state of cold shutdown – but there is still a risk of reactor meltdown should shells or drones breach the concrete walls encasing each.

Whodunnit?

Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of carrying out the attacks on Zaporizhzhia.

Moscow accused Kyiv of “very dangerous” attacks on ZNPP, while Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia would undertake a “terrorist attack” at the plant, which it has taken “hostage”.

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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Wednesday,(04/17/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

Opinion: Should the U.S. forswear launching nukes first in combat? – The Salt Lake Tribune

The Salt Lake Tribune

“But as we look forward into … the increasing U.S. national interest in engaging China in all things nuclear, we’re going to have to cross the Rubicon …

Feds say proposed nuclear reactor in Butte has not been approved | Montana Public Radio

Montana Public Radio

All Things Considered and Montana News. MTPR. All Things Considered and Montana News. Next Up: 7:00 PM Musicians’ Spotlight. 0:00. 0:00. All Things …

Piketon stopped enriching uranium twenty years ago. Now the nuclear industry is coming back

Ideastream

“Everybody’s talking about electrifying everything, but just because you plug it in doesn’t mean it’s clean if the source of that electricity has …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

The World’s Biggest Nuclear Energy Producers – Visual Capitalist

Visual Capitalist

China has grown its nuclear capacity over the last decade, now ranking second on the list of top nuclear energy producers.

New nuclear power plant expected to kill 46 tonnes of fish a year – The Telegraph

The Telegraph

A nature reserve is to be flooded by the developer of the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant at a cost of £50m to compensate for the death of fish in …

Canadian budget aims to streamline nuclear licensing process

World Nuclear News

It notes: “Nuclear energy will play a key role in achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Canada is a Tier-1 nuclear nation with over 70 years of …