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On My Mind Today:
The following “Newsweek” article relevant to the Russia/Ukraine war is not posted for the probable lies that go back and forth about who did what to one another’s nuclear power plants, but rather to expand on my very serious alert that any nuclear power plant anywhere — including the entire North American continent — is a what I refer to nuclear power plants as “sitting duck” nuclear bombs.
Keep in mind that nuclear power plants are never-ending threats to death by nuclear meltdown radiation, nuclear waste issues, and criminal activities on both small to world-size scales, and include international wars of course, but also include human and/or AI incompetency, equipment and facility failures, and accidental nuclear meltdowns, all kinds of terrorism, and black markets buying and selling of nuclear fuel for weapons, financial gain, and control of activities of all kinds of community-driven governmental suppression and oppression. And it will not solve our ever-growing climate change and global warming problem.
This added lack of human technical and intelligence capacity together with criminal and terrorist activity is what makes this post so important for this entire world of never-ending apathy and lack of knowledge about “All Things Nuclear” and why that puts the whole world in danger of sending ourselves over the cliff to self-extinction.
The point is easy to understand and the Russian/Ukraine war clearly tells us why. The tune goes something like this: “Regardless of war or peace, if nuclear war and bombs don’t annihilate us, nuclear power plants will. ~llaw
Today’s Featured Story:
Russia Accuses Ukraine of Drone Attack on Nuclear Site
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Oct 07, 2025 at 07:26 AM EDT
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Oct 07, 2025 at 10:05 AM EDT
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By Shane Croucher
Breaking News Editor
Newsweek is a Trust Project member
A state-run Russian nuclear energy company accused Ukraine of striking the cooling tower of the Novovoronezh nuclear power plant with a drone overnight into Tuesday.
Newsweek has contacted the Ukrainian Air Force for comment.
Rosenergoatom, which operates the nuclear plant, said in a statement posted to Telegram that the drone “detonated” after being “suppressed by technical means” and colliding with the cooling tower.
The incident highlights the severe nuclear risks posed by the war between Russia and Ukraine, with both sides hosting nuclear power plants affected by the fighting.
“There were no damages or casualties; however, a dark mark remained on the cooling tower from the detonation’s effects,” Rosenergoatom said in its statement, originally in Russian.
“The safe operation of the nuclear power plant is ensured. The radiation background at the Novovoronezh NPP industrial site and the surrounding area has not changed and remains at natural levels. Law enforcement agencies are working at the site.”
It said the plant’s operations were unaffected.
“This is yet another act of aggression by the Ukrainian Armed Forces against Russian nuclear power plants. Earlier, there had been attempts to strike key facilities of the Kursk and Smolensk NPPs,” the Rosenergoatom statement added.
Newsweek has contacted the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for comment.
A Ukrainian serviceman with the Safari Unit of the Liut Brigade launches a reconnaissance drone at the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Se…Read More | AP Photo/Vasilisa Stepanenko
Zelensky: Russia Deliberately Creating Threat of Radiation Incidents
Ukraine has previously accused Russia of reckless attacks around its nuclear sites, such as at Zaporizhzhia—currently occupied by Russia—and Chernobyl.
“Russia is deliberately creating the threat of radiation incidents,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said late Wednesday after a Russian attack on the energy grid left the Chernobyl nuclear plant without power for several hours.
Both Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia are not currently operational, but they require a constant power supply to run crucial cooling systems for spent fuel rods in order to avoid a potential nuclear incident.
A blackout could also blind radiation monitoring systems installed to boost security at Chernobyl and operated by the IAEA.
Zelensky criticized the IAEA’s “weak” response to Russian strikes.
“Every day of Russia’s war, every strike on our energy facilities, including those connected to nuclear safety, is a global threat,” he said. “Weak and half-measures will not work. Strong action is needed.”
The U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War said Russia’s occupation of Zaporizhzhia has “significantly degraded” the security of the plant, Europe’s biggest and one of the 10 biggest nuclear facilities in the world.
Updated, 10/7/25, 9:47 a.m. ET: This article was updated with more information.
This article includes reporting by The Associated Press.
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