“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity”
JUL 12, 2024
Ukrainian emergency workers wear protective suits during training on radiation exposure in Zaporizhzhia, June 29, 2023, to prepare for a possible disaster at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.Andriy Andriyenko—SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images
LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Friday, (07/12/2024)
Will Russia accept this resolution to return the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to Ukraine? I doubt it. The plant has long been coveted by Putin and it is being operated by Russian personnel who would have to train Ukrainians, but more than all that it has become a vital nuclear weapon unto itself for Russia should this war go beyond the war-crimes savagery Russia is already using against the Ukraine and its people. They bombed a children’s hospital only a couple of days ago, and that’s about as low as a nation can get regarding savagery.
The nuclear power plant is already being used as a weapon and a threat by Russia, so the idea that this war is not yet ‘nuclear’ is a serious mistake. It is ‘nuclear’, and to a very significant degree when the size and use of the huge nuclear plant with 6 reactors is considered, making it the most dangerous and largest in Europe and one of largest in the world. Owning that plant in the name of Russia has been one of Putin’s dreams according to Donald Trump during the recent Presidential debate. How Putin gets it does not matter, so if nuclear war is the the final alternative, Putin may well resort to nuclear war. Our world leaders are not what you would call diplomatic, considerate, gracious, or even thoughtful. Power, control, and the insanity of selfish pride, meaning it’s their way or no way, has brought us to question the probability of continued viable life on planet Earth.
We could say such patronizing things as “We’ll do better next time around”, or “We are a humanitarian people”, or ‘We shall come together”. But facing reality we know that will never happen, but if it doesn’t, there will be no next time around. ~llaw
U.N. Demands Russia Immediately Return Europe’s Biggest Nuclear Plant to Ukraine
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JULY 12, 2024 2:30 AM EDT
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday demanding that Russia urgently withdraw its military and personnel from Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and immediately return the facility to Ukraine.
The resolution also reiterates the assembly’s demands for Russia to immediately “cease its aggression against Ukraine” and withdraw all troops, and again reaffirms the 193-member world body’s commitment to Ukraine’s “sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity.”
The resolution was approved by a vote of 99-9 with 60 countries abstaining and 25 countries not voting.
Russia was joined by Belarus, Cuba, Eritrea, Mali, Nicaragua, Syria, Burundi and North Korea in opposing the resolution. China, India, South Africa and many Middle Eastern countries were among those abstaining.
The resolution expresses “grave concern over the precarious nuclear safety and security situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.” It says returning the plant to Ukraine’s full control will ensure its safety and security and enable the International Atomic Energy Agency “to conduct safe, efficient and effective safeguards.”
Fears of a nuclear catastrophe have been at the forefront since Russian troops occupied the plant shortly after invading Ukraine in February 2022. Zaporizhzhia, which has six nuclear reactors, sits in Russian-controlled territory in southeastern Ukraine near the front lines and has been continually caught in crossfire.Subscribe
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