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Oct 16, 2024
Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (Image: Google maps Bojidar 93)
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It is hard to determine the serious immanent danger aspects mentioned in this article from the British “Daily Express” because there hasn’t been a lot of other coverage concerning the previous Ukraine attack on the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia. What I have read is primarily about Russia’s outrage denouncing Ukraine for their bold retaliation crossing the border into Russia and attacking the Kursk nuclear plant as a response to Russia’s continued attacks on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. But there is no doubt that the overall situation, including threats to the other two Ukraine power plants possibly under siege by Russia, and the surprise attack by Ukraine on the Kursk plant has raised the implications of this ongoing war to an apparent far greater international level.
The difference of the immanent radiation danger of both countries’ nuclear power plants becoming active WMDs (Weapons of Mass Destruction) at this stage of the “nuclear power plant wars” is that Zaporizhzhia has been shut down due to the previous Russian attacks, but the Kursk plant is so far still operational, which increases the danger of a possible meltdown . . . Stay tuned. ~llaw
At the beginning of October, Ukrainian drones were shot down just three miles from the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), sparking widespread panic.
By John Varga
11:39, Wed, Oct 16, 2024 | UPDATED: 11:43, Wed, Oct 16, 2024
Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (Image: Google maps Bojidar 93)
Russia faces the prospect of a catastrophic nuclear disaster due to the proximity of one of its atomic power plants to the frontlines.
At the beginning of October, Ukrainian drones were shot down just three miles from the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), sparking widespread panic.
The plant is located a mere 18 miles from the frontline, near the city of Kurchatov and has come in closer range of Ukrainian missiles and drones, following Kyiv’s daring incursion into the Kursk region at the beginning of August.
Ukraine‘s Security and Defence Council representative Andriy Kovalenko denied any attempt by Kyiv’s forces to strike the plant at the time, calling such a move “pointless”.
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Operators at the Kursk Nuclear Power Station (Image: Bojidar 93 Google Maps)
However, the fact remains the KNPP remains vulnerable to a military strike – whether intentional or not – and was never designed to withstand such an attack.
Unlike Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia NPP, the Kursk plant is still operational and therefore the consequences of a direct hit on it could be devastating.
Alexander Nikitin, a nuclear advisor at the environmental Bellona Foundation, told the Russian investigative outlet Verstka that the plant’s design never accounted for the possibility of a military attack.
He called the current situation “an unprecedented emergency”, echoing warnings made by Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
A source from Russia‘s state nuclear agency Rosatom pointed out that the Kursk plant was built during the time of the Soviet Union and much of its technology and materials were old.
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