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The above source appears to be Ukrainian.
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Ukraine/Russia War: Energy Supplies, Gas, Nuclear power issues & potential shortages - June 18, 2022 - current
- Thread starter Mary Wilson
- Start date
Chernobyl was never a legitimate military target. The Russian army seized it for propaganda/historical reasons, and perhaps in the remote chance some extremist element would use it to produce a dirty bomb (although international agencies could have prevented that equally well at lower risk), but once they realized how dangerous it still was, they seem to have quickly turned it back over to the Ukrainians. Reports are that all Russian troops are out of Chernobyl.
Mary Wilson
Well-known member
Update 38 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
31 Mar 2022
... Ukraine today informed the IAEA that the Russian forces that have been in control of Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) since 24 February had, in writing, transferred control of the NPP to Ukrainian personnel and moved two convoys of troops towards Belarus. A third convoy had also left the city of Slavutych, where many of the Chornobyl NPP staff live, and moved towards Belarus. In addition, Ukraine reported that there are still some Russian forces on the Chornobyl NPP site but presumed that those forces are preparing to leave. ...
... The IAEA has not been able to confirm reports of Russian forces receiving high doses of radiation while being in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. The IAEA is seeking further information in order to provide an independent assessment of the situation. ...
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pre...tor-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine
31 Mar 2022
... Ukraine today informed the IAEA that the Russian forces that have been in control of Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) since 24 February had, in writing, transferred control of the NPP to Ukrainian personnel and moved two convoys of troops towards Belarus. A third convoy had also left the city of Slavutych, where many of the Chornobyl NPP staff live, and moved towards Belarus. In addition, Ukraine reported that there are still some Russian forces on the Chornobyl NPP site but presumed that those forces are preparing to leave. ...
... The IAEA has not been able to confirm reports of Russian forces receiving high doses of radiation while being in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. The IAEA is seeking further information in order to provide an independent assessment of the situation. ...
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pre...tor-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine
Emily
Editor, Senior Moderator
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/...xposed-to-radiation-at-chernobyl-ukraine.html
Over 70 Russian soldiers exposed to radiation at Chernobyl: Ukraine
KYODO NEWS - 7 hours ago - 23:49
Warsaw - About 75 Russian soldiers are receiving medical treatment in Belarus after being exposed to radiation during their temporary control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, according to Ukraine's Energy Minister German Galushchenko.
Galushchenko said in an online interview Tuesday that the troops apparently suffered from radiation after digging around the grounds of the plant, the site of a 1986 disaster, to defend themselves from the Ukrainian military.
The troops were affected "very heavily and are in a very difficult situation and now (being treated) in clinics" in Belarus, Galushchenko said, citing information made available...
Over 70 Russian soldiers exposed to radiation at Chernobyl: Ukraine
Warsaw - About 75 Russian soldiers are receiving medical treatment in Belarus after being exposed to radiation during their temporary control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, according to Ukraine's Energy Minister German Galushchenko.
Galushchenko said in an online interview Tuesday that the troops apparently suffered from radiation after digging around the grounds of the plant, the site of a 1986 disaster, to defend themselves from the Ukrainian military.
The troops were affected "very heavily and are in a very difficult situation and now (being treated) in clinics" in Belarus, Galushchenko said, citing information made available...
Mary Wilson
Well-known member
Update 84 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
29 Jun 2022 116/2022
Vienna, Austria
The International Atomic Energy Agency has once again lost the remote connection to its safeguards surveillance systems installed at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), further underlining the need for the IAEA to go there very soon, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.
The IAEA has not been able to visit the ZNPP since before the current military conflict in Ukraine. Russian forces took control of the plant nearly four months ago, but its Ukrainian staff are continuing to operate it.
Director General Grossi has repeatedly stressed his determination to agree, organize and head an IAEA-led international mission to conduct essential nuclear safety, security and safeguards activities at the ZNPP, Ukraine’s largest such facility with six reactors.
He also recently expressed his increasing concern about the difficult conditions facing staff at the ZNPP and the impact of such conditions on the safety and security of the plant
“The fact that our remote safeguards data transmission is down again – for the second time in the past month – only adds to the urgency to dispatch this mission,” he said.
Earlier this month, the IAEA and the Ukrainian operator of the plant worked together to restore the remote transmission of safeguards data from the ZNPP to IAEA headquarters after a technical interruption of almost two weeks. The data from this time period was also recovered.
But the connection was lost again on 25 June, due to a disruption of the facility’s communication systems, Director General Grossi said, citing the assessment of IAEA technicians at its headquarters.
In addition, inspectors can only carry out essential nuclear material verification work when they are at the site. The interval of physical inventory verifications at nuclear power plants (NPPs) cannot exceed a specified duration. This is particularly important at two of the units at ZNPP. These units have also been refuelled in recent months and a physical verification of the nuclear material therein is a safeguards pre-requisite before re-starting them.
The IAEA is also facing a partial loss of remote safeguards data transmission from the Chornobyl NPP, the Director General said.
Safeguards data from IAEA systems installed at two of the NPP’s facilities are no longer being transmitted. ...
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pre...tor-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine
29 Jun 2022 116/2022
Vienna, Austria
The International Atomic Energy Agency has once again lost the remote connection to its safeguards surveillance systems installed at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), further underlining the need for the IAEA to go there very soon, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.
The IAEA has not been able to visit the ZNPP since before the current military conflict in Ukraine. Russian forces took control of the plant nearly four months ago, but its Ukrainian staff are continuing to operate it.
Director General Grossi has repeatedly stressed his determination to agree, organize and head an IAEA-led international mission to conduct essential nuclear safety, security and safeguards activities at the ZNPP, Ukraine’s largest such facility with six reactors.
He also recently expressed his increasing concern about the difficult conditions facing staff at the ZNPP and the impact of such conditions on the safety and security of the plant
“The fact that our remote safeguards data transmission is down again – for the second time in the past month – only adds to the urgency to dispatch this mission,” he said.
Earlier this month, the IAEA and the Ukrainian operator of the plant worked together to restore the remote transmission of safeguards data from the ZNPP to IAEA headquarters after a technical interruption of almost two weeks. The data from this time period was also recovered.
But the connection was lost again on 25 June, due to a disruption of the facility’s communication systems, Director General Grossi said, citing the assessment of IAEA technicians at its headquarters.
In addition, inspectors can only carry out essential nuclear material verification work when they are at the site. The interval of physical inventory verifications at nuclear power plants (NPPs) cannot exceed a specified duration. This is particularly important at two of the units at ZNPP. These units have also been refuelled in recent months and a physical verification of the nuclear material therein is a safeguards pre-requisite before re-starting them.
The IAEA is also facing a partial loss of remote safeguards data transmission from the Chornobyl NPP, the Director General said.
Safeguards data from IAEA systems installed at two of the NPP’s facilities are no longer being transmitted. ...
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pre...tor-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine
Emily
Editor, Senior Moderator
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/e...ukraine-agency
Russia deploys missiles from Europe's largest nuclear plant: Ukraine agency
Published 2 Hours Ago
KYIV (AFP) - Russia is using Europe's largest nuclear power plant as a base to store weapons including "missile systems" and to shell the surrounding areas of Ukraine, an official with Kyiv's nuclear agency has said.
Located on the Dnipro river in south-eastern Ukraine, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been under Russian control since the early weeks of Moscow's invasion, though it is still being operated by Ukrainian staff.
The president of Ukrainian nuclear agency Energoatom said Friday (July 15) in a televised interview that the situation was "extremely tense", with up to 500 Russian soldiers controlling the plant.
"The occupiers bring their machinery there, including missile systems, from which they already shell the other side of the river Dnipro and the territory of Nikopol," Mr Pedro Kotin said, referring to the city across the water.
"They physically control the perimeter. The occupiers' heavy machinery and trucks with weapons and explosives remain on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant," he said.
"The pressure on the occupiers to leave the territory of the plant is insufficient," he added, before taking aim at the International Atomic Energy Agency.
"(The IAEA) is playing some political games, balancing between Russia and Ukraine," he said.
The IAEA has said it needs to visit the plant to conduct essential maintenance work.
Kyiv has opposed such a visit, with Energoatom declaring that an IAEA trip to the plant would only legitimise its occupation by "nuclear terrorists"....
Russia deploys missiles from Europe's largest nuclear plant: Ukraine agency
Published 2 Hours Ago
KYIV (AFP) - Russia is using Europe's largest nuclear power plant as a base to store weapons including "missile systems" and to shell the surrounding areas of Ukraine, an official with Kyiv's nuclear agency has said.
Located on the Dnipro river in south-eastern Ukraine, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been under Russian control since the early weeks of Moscow's invasion, though it is still being operated by Ukrainian staff.
The president of Ukrainian nuclear agency Energoatom said Friday (July 15) in a televised interview that the situation was "extremely tense", with up to 500 Russian soldiers controlling the plant.
"The occupiers bring their machinery there, including missile systems, from which they already shell the other side of the river Dnipro and the territory of Nikopol," Mr Pedro Kotin said, referring to the city across the water.
"They physically control the perimeter. The occupiers' heavy machinery and trucks with weapons and explosives remain on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant," he said.
"The pressure on the occupiers to leave the territory of the plant is insufficient," he added, before taking aim at the International Atomic Energy Agency.
"(The IAEA) is playing some political games, balancing between Russia and Ukraine," he said.
The IAEA has said it needs to visit the plant to conduct essential maintenance work.
Kyiv has opposed such a visit, with Energoatom declaring that an IAEA trip to the plant would only legitimise its occupation by "nuclear terrorists"....
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sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
I think the pipeline from Russia to Germany is undergoing some repairs to be finished this Thursday. I guess we will see.
July 18, 20229:36 AM EDT
Last Updated a min ago
EXCLUSIVE Russia's Gazprom declares force majeure on some gas supplies to Europe
By Julia Payne
LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - Russia's Gazprom (GAZP.MM) has declared force majeure on gas supplies to Europe to at least one major customer, according to a letter from Gazprom that will add to European fears of fuel shortages.
Reporting by Julia Payne; Editing by David Goodman, Edmund Blair and Barbara Lewis
more...
https://www.reuters.com/business/en...force-majeure-gas-supplies-europe-2022-07-18/
July 18, 20229:36 AM EDT
Last Updated a min ago
EXCLUSIVE Russia's Gazprom declares force majeure on some gas supplies to Europe
By Julia Payne
LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - Russia's Gazprom (GAZP.MM) has declared force majeure on gas supplies to Europe to at least one major customer, according to a letter from Gazprom that will add to European fears of fuel shortages.
Reporting by Julia Payne; Editing by David Goodman, Edmund Blair and Barbara Lewis
more...
https://www.reuters.com/business/en...force-majeure-gas-supplies-europe-2022-07-18/
Emily
Editor, Senior Moderator
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/oth...ion-hits-40-year-high-live-updates/ar-AAZvXl7
Germans will have to burn wood to stay warm this winter, warns Deutsche Bank
James Warrington, Giulia Bottaro
13/07/2022
Some German households will be forced to heat their homes with wood instead of gas as Russia turns off the taps, according to dire warnings from analysts.
Global shortages of gas worsened by Russia’s war on Ukraine have sent prices soaring, with many consumers cutting usage in response...
Germans will have to burn wood to stay warm this winter, warns Deutsche Bank
James Warrington, Giulia Bottaro
13/07/2022
Some German households will be forced to heat their homes with wood instead of gas as Russia turns off the taps, according to dire warnings from analysts.
Global shortages of gas worsened by Russia’s war on Ukraine have sent prices soaring, with many consumers cutting usage in response...
Emily
Editor, Senior Moderator
https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/27/3/446.short
Shedding new light on wood smoke: a risk factor for respiratory health
C. Boman, B. Forsberg, T. Sandström
European Respiratory Journal 2006 27: 446-447; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00000806
The burning of wood is probably our oldest source for heating and cooking, and has been used by man for tens of thousands of years. Combustion of biomass, such as wood, animal dung and crop residues, is still used for cooking and heating by a large proportion of the global population, especially in less developed countries. In the industrialised world, and in countries with a cold winter climate, wood and other biomasses are widely used for heat production in residential wood log boilers, stoves and fireplaces. With the recognition of the limitations in amounts and durability of petroleum-based products, as well as an increasing concern regarding the issue of global warming, the interest in wood and other biomasses as alternative, sustainable and CO[SUB]2[/SUB]-neutral energy sources for fuel production and heating has emerged.
In the present issue of the European Respiratory Journal, Orozco-Levi et al. 1 studied wood-smoke exposure and the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Spain. This contradicts the common assumption that “natural and biological materials” are generally friendly and harmless, as they have been in use since ancient times. Concerning the emissions from domestic wood and charcoal combustion, there is clearly a background of a large number of organic and inorganic components that may be associated with adverse biological events. The potential health effects of by-products, such as volatile organic …
Shedding new light on wood smoke: a risk factor for respiratory health
C. Boman, B. Forsberg, T. Sandström
European Respiratory Journal 2006 27: 446-447; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00000806
The burning of wood is probably our oldest source for heating and cooking, and has been used by man for tens of thousands of years. Combustion of biomass, such as wood, animal dung and crop residues, is still used for cooking and heating by a large proportion of the global population, especially in less developed countries. In the industrialised world, and in countries with a cold winter climate, wood and other biomasses are widely used for heat production in residential wood log boilers, stoves and fireplaces. With the recognition of the limitations in amounts and durability of petroleum-based products, as well as an increasing concern regarding the issue of global warming, the interest in wood and other biomasses as alternative, sustainable and CO[SUB]2[/SUB]-neutral energy sources for fuel production and heating has emerged.
In the present issue of the European Respiratory Journal, Orozco-Levi et al. 1 studied wood-smoke exposure and the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Spain. This contradicts the common assumption that “natural and biological materials” are generally friendly and harmless, as they have been in use since ancient times. Concerning the emissions from domestic wood and charcoal combustion, there is clearly a background of a large number of organic and inorganic components that may be associated with adverse biological events. The potential health effects of by-products, such as volatile organic …
Emily
Editor, Senior Moderator
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-germanys-largest-russian-gas-importer-uniper
Kate Connolly in Berlin
Fri 22 Jul 2022 11.04 EDT
Olaf Scholz announces bailout for Germany’s largest Russian gas importer
Chancellor unveils government plan to take 30% stake in Uniper, as country struggles to cope with drastic cut in supplies
Germany has forged a plan to save its largest importer of Russian gas from bankruptcy amid huge energy price increases, the government has confirmed.
The chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said the government would take a 30% stake in the energy firm Uniper and also vowed more help would be offered to ordinary people who were struggling to cover soaring energy bills, adopting a crisis slogan addressed to the public: “You’ll never walk alone.”
Scholz admitted the scale of the crisis that Germany found itself in as it struggled to cope with a drastic reduction in Russian gas supplies at the same time as trying to rapidly diversify its energy provision and decrease its dependency on Moscow. Since the start of the Ukraine invasion it has cut its reliance on Russian gas from 55% to 26%, according to the economy ministry...
Kate Connolly in Berlin
Fri 22 Jul 2022 11.04 EDT
Olaf Scholz announces bailout for Germany’s largest Russian gas importer
Chancellor unveils government plan to take 30% stake in Uniper, as country struggles to cope with drastic cut in supplies
Germany has forged a plan to save its largest importer of Russian gas from bankruptcy amid huge energy price increases, the government has confirmed.
The chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said the government would take a 30% stake in the energy firm Uniper and also vowed more help would be offered to ordinary people who were struggling to cover soaring energy bills, adopting a crisis slogan addressed to the public: “You’ll never walk alone.”
Scholz admitted the scale of the crisis that Germany found itself in as it struggled to cope with a drastic reduction in Russian gas supplies at the same time as trying to rapidly diversify its energy provision and decrease its dependency on Moscow. Since the start of the Ukraine invasion it has cut its reliance on Russian gas from 55% to 26%, according to the economy ministry...
Emily
Editor, Senior Moderator
https://news.yahoo.com/russia-firing-artillery-captured-nuclear-132503974.html
Russia is firing artillery from a captured nuclear power plant, leaving Ukraine reluctant to shoot back
Marianne Guenot
Mon, August 1, 2022 at 8:25 AM
Ukrainian troops have hesitated to retaliate, for fear that their strikes may hit one of Zaporizhzhia's six reactors or its stored nuclear waste.
"How can we respond?" Colonel Serhiy Shatalov asked The Times. "This is a nuclear site."
Ukraine has made some limited attempts to attack the site, including precision strikes with kamikaze drones, according to a tweet from Ukraine's defense ministry.
Russia is firing artillery from a captured nuclear power plant, leaving Ukraine reluctant to shoot back
Marianne Guenot
Mon, August 1, 2022 at 8:25 AM
- Russia is firing artillery from a nuclear power plant in Ukraine, per The New York Times.
- Russia sparked outrage when it captured the Zaporizhzhia plant, and has now militarized it.
- Experts say the risk of catastrophe is low — but Ukraine still feels unable to hit a nuclear site.
Ukrainian troops have hesitated to retaliate, for fear that their strikes may hit one of Zaporizhzhia's six reactors or its stored nuclear waste.
"How can we respond?" Colonel Serhiy Shatalov asked The Times. "This is a nuclear site."
Ukraine has made some limited attempts to attack the site, including precision strikes with kamikaze drones, according to a tweet from Ukraine's defense ministry.
Mary Wilson
Well-known member
Ukraine nuclear plant is ‘out of control’: UN nuclear chief
EDITH M. LEDERER
UNITED NATIONS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED 6 HOURS AGOUPDATED 5 HOURS AGO
The U.N. nuclear chief warned that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control” and issued an urgent plea to Russia and Ukraine to quickly allow experts to visit the sprawling complex to stabilize the situation and avoid a nuclear accident.
Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press that the situation is getting more perilous every day at the Zaporizhzhya plant in the southeastern city of Enerhodar, which Russian troops seized in early March, soon after their Feb. 24. invasion of Ukraine.
“Every principle of nuclear safety has been violated” at the plant, he said. “What is at stake is extremely serious and extremely grave and dangerous.”
Grossi cited many violations of the plant’s safety, adding that it is “in a place where active war is ongoing,” near Russian-controlled territory.
The physical integrity of the plant hasn’t been respected, he said, citing shelling at the beginning of the war when it was taken over and continuing information from Ukraine and Russia accusing each other of attacks at Zaporizhzhya.
There is “a paradoxical situation” in which the plant is controlled by Russia, but its Ukrainian staff continues to run its nuclear operations, leading to inevitable moments of friction and alleged violence, he said. While the IAEA has some contacts with staff, they are “faulty” and “patchy,” he said.
Grossi said the supply chain of equipment and spare parts has been interrupted, “so we are not sure the plant is getting all it needs.” The IAEA also needs to perform very important inspections to ensure that nuclear material is being safeguarded, “and there is a lot of nuclear material there to be inspected,” he said.
“When you put this together, you have a catalogue of things that should never be happening in any nuclear facility,” Grossi said. “And this is why I have been insisting from day one that we have to be able to go there to perform this safety and security evaluation, to do the repairs and to assist as we already did in Chernobyl.”
The Russian capture of Zaporizhzhya renewed fears that the largest of Ukraine’s 15 nuclear reactors could be damaged, setting off another emergency like the 1986 Chernobyl accident, the world’s worst nuclear disaster, which happened about 110 kilometres (65 miles) north of the capital Kyiv.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/wor.../+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links
EDITH M. LEDERER
UNITED NATIONS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED 6 HOURS AGOUPDATED 5 HOURS AGO
The U.N. nuclear chief warned that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control” and issued an urgent plea to Russia and Ukraine to quickly allow experts to visit the sprawling complex to stabilize the situation and avoid a nuclear accident.
Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press that the situation is getting more perilous every day at the Zaporizhzhya plant in the southeastern city of Enerhodar, which Russian troops seized in early March, soon after their Feb. 24. invasion of Ukraine.
“Every principle of nuclear safety has been violated” at the plant, he said. “What is at stake is extremely serious and extremely grave and dangerous.”
Grossi cited many violations of the plant’s safety, adding that it is “in a place where active war is ongoing,” near Russian-controlled territory.
The physical integrity of the plant hasn’t been respected, he said, citing shelling at the beginning of the war when it was taken over and continuing information from Ukraine and Russia accusing each other of attacks at Zaporizhzhya.
There is “a paradoxical situation” in which the plant is controlled by Russia, but its Ukrainian staff continues to run its nuclear operations, leading to inevitable moments of friction and alleged violence, he said. While the IAEA has some contacts with staff, they are “faulty” and “patchy,” he said.
Grossi said the supply chain of equipment and spare parts has been interrupted, “so we are not sure the plant is getting all it needs.” The IAEA also needs to perform very important inspections to ensure that nuclear material is being safeguarded, “and there is a lot of nuclear material there to be inspected,” he said.
“When you put this together, you have a catalogue of things that should never be happening in any nuclear facility,” Grossi said. “And this is why I have been insisting from day one that we have to be able to go there to perform this safety and security evaluation, to do the repairs and to assist as we already did in Chernobyl.”
The Russian capture of Zaporizhzhya renewed fears that the largest of Ukraine’s 15 nuclear reactors could be damaged, setting off another emergency like the 1986 Chernobyl accident, the world’s worst nuclear disaster, which happened about 110 kilometres (65 miles) north of the capital Kyiv.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/wor.../+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links
Emily
Editor, Senior Moderator
Gravitas: Ukraine war: Warnings of a nuclear emergency
Aug 3, 2022 UN nuclear chief has said that the situation in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is 'completely out of control'. The plant is currently under Russian occupation. UN Secretary General has warned that humanity is one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation. Palki Sharma has the details.
Mary Wilson
Well-known member
05 August 2022 19:43
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns the actions of the Russian occupying forces on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia NPP in the city of Energodar on August 5, 2022.
In particular, against the background of the cynical video statement of the president of the Russian Federation at the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Wenapons that the Russian Federation has no intention to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Russia resorted to numerous provocations at the nuclear facility.
After the military trucks and SUVs filled with weapons were moved to the premises of the 1st and 2nd blocks of the ZNPP, which are under the service, at the beginning of August 2022, artillery shelling of the territory near the ZNPP industrial site took place today. As a result of the three recorded hits, the high-voltage power supply line of the ZNPP – Zaporizhzhia TPP was damaged.
The possible consequences of hitting an operating reactor are equivalent to the use of an atomic bomb.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine calls on the international community to urgently take measures to force Russia to release the ZNPP and return the power plant to the control of Ukraine for the sake of the security of the whole world.
https://mfa.gov.ua/en/news/statemen...zhzhia-npp-russian-federation?v=62ed4a52a5e7d
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns the actions of the Russian occupying forces on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia NPP in the city of Energodar on August 5, 2022.
In particular, against the background of the cynical video statement of the president of the Russian Federation at the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Wenapons that the Russian Federation has no intention to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Russia resorted to numerous provocations at the nuclear facility.
After the military trucks and SUVs filled with weapons were moved to the premises of the 1st and 2nd blocks of the ZNPP, which are under the service, at the beginning of August 2022, artillery shelling of the territory near the ZNPP industrial site took place today. As a result of the three recorded hits, the high-voltage power supply line of the ZNPP – Zaporizhzhia TPP was damaged.
The possible consequences of hitting an operating reactor are equivalent to the use of an atomic bomb.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine calls on the international community to urgently take measures to force Russia to release the ZNPP and return the power plant to the control of Ukraine for the sake of the security of the whole world.
https://mfa.gov.ua/en/news/statemen...zhzhia-npp-russian-federation?v=62ed4a52a5e7d
Mary Wilson
Well-known member
Shells hit power lines at Ukraine nuclear plant, fighting in east
August 5, 2022 10:51 PM UTC
By Pavel Polityuk
KYIV, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Friday of shelling Europe's biggest nuclear power plant as fighting raged again in the crucial border region of the Donbas and three more ships left ports carrying previously blockaded Ukrainian grain.
Shells hit a high-voltage power line at the Zaporizhzhia plant, prompting operators to disconnect a reactor despite no radioactive leak being detected. The plant was captured by Russian forces in early March in the opening stage of the war but it is still run by its Ukrainian technicians.
Earlier this week, the United Nations nuclear watchdog appealed for access to the plant, which Washington says Russia is using as a battlefield shield. read more
Ukraine's state nuclear power company Energoatom blamed Russia for the damage at the power station.
Russia's defence ministry accused Ukrainian forces of shelling the plant, saying a leak of radiation had been avoided only by luck.
It said that as a result, the generating capacity of one unit had been reduced and power supply to another had been cut. In addition, the nearby city of Enerhodar had power and water supplies problems, a ministry statement said.
Energoatom said the plant, about 200 km (160 miles) northwest of the Russian-held port of Mariupol in southeast Ukraine, was still operational and no radioactive discharges had been detected.
https://www.reuters.com/business/ae...lear-plant-both-sides-trade-blame-2022-08-05/
August 5, 2022 10:51 PM UTC
By Pavel Polityuk
KYIV, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Friday of shelling Europe's biggest nuclear power plant as fighting raged again in the crucial border region of the Donbas and three more ships left ports carrying previously blockaded Ukrainian grain.
Shells hit a high-voltage power line at the Zaporizhzhia plant, prompting operators to disconnect a reactor despite no radioactive leak being detected. The plant was captured by Russian forces in early March in the opening stage of the war but it is still run by its Ukrainian technicians.
Earlier this week, the United Nations nuclear watchdog appealed for access to the plant, which Washington says Russia is using as a battlefield shield. read more
Ukraine's state nuclear power company Energoatom blamed Russia for the damage at the power station.
Russia's defence ministry accused Ukrainian forces of shelling the plant, saying a leak of radiation had been avoided only by luck.
It said that as a result, the generating capacity of one unit had been reduced and power supply to another had been cut. In addition, the nearby city of Enerhodar had power and water supplies problems, a ministry statement said.
Energoatom said the plant, about 200 km (160 miles) northwest of the Russian-held port of Mariupol in southeast Ukraine, was still operational and no radioactive discharges had been detected.
https://www.reuters.com/business/ae...lear-plant-both-sides-trade-blame-2022-08-05/
Mary Wilson
Well-known member
Russian troops shelled Zaporizhzhia NPP, power unit now disconnected
2022/08/06 - 17:02
On the evening of 5 August, rockets hit part of station where nuclear reactor is located. Nitrogen-oxygen station & combined auxiliary building were damaged, there are risks of hydrogen leakage & radioactive material sputtering, Ukraine’s Energoatom agency reported.
... Zaporizhzhia NPP’s power unit No. 4 disconnected from grid as 2 power lines were damaged in the attack. Evacuation will be almost impossible in case of an accident at the station, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration Starukh said, Ukrinform reported.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/08...zaporizhzhia-npp-power-unit-now-disconnected/
2022/08/06 - 17:02
On the evening of 5 August, rockets hit part of station where nuclear reactor is located. Nitrogen-oxygen station & combined auxiliary building were damaged, there are risks of hydrogen leakage & radioactive material sputtering, Ukraine’s Energoatom agency reported.
... Zaporizhzhia NPP’s power unit No. 4 disconnected from grid as 2 power lines were damaged in the attack. Evacuation will be almost impossible in case of an accident at the station, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration Starukh said, Ukrinform reported.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/08...zaporizhzhia-npp-power-unit-now-disconnected/
Mary Wilson
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Update 91 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
International Atomic Energy Agency
AUG 12 2022
Ukraine has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about new shelling in the area of the country’s Zaporizhzya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), further underlining major nuclear safety and security risks at Europe’s largest such facility, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.
Ukraine said the latest incident – following last week’s shellingat the ZNPP – took place on Thursday afternoon and caused some damage, including of radiation monitoring equipment at the plant’s fire station. Ukraine initially also reported that a scheduled shift change had to be stopped, but it later told the IAEA that personnel rotation was back to normal. There were no casualties at the plant and its safety systems were not damaged, Ukraine added.
Based on the information provided by Ukraine, IAEA experts noted that systems important for nuclear safety and security had not been affected. Nevertheless, renewed shelling at or near the ZNPP was deeply troubling for nuclear safety and security at the six-reactor facility, Director General Grossi said, reiterating his demand that all such military activity cease.
Thursday’s shelling occurred on the same day as the IAEA Director General briefed the United Nations Security Council about the worsening nuclear safety and security situation at the ZNPP over the past week, emphasizing the urgent need for the IAEA to be able to send an expert mission to carry out essential nuclear safety, security and safeguards work there.
The IAEA has not been able to visit the ZNPP since before the conflict began almost half a year ago. ...
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pre...tor-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine
International Atomic Energy Agency
AUG 12 2022
Ukraine has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about new shelling in the area of the country’s Zaporizhzya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), further underlining major nuclear safety and security risks at Europe’s largest such facility, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.
Ukraine said the latest incident – following last week’s shellingat the ZNPP – took place on Thursday afternoon and caused some damage, including of radiation monitoring equipment at the plant’s fire station. Ukraine initially also reported that a scheduled shift change had to be stopped, but it later told the IAEA that personnel rotation was back to normal. There were no casualties at the plant and its safety systems were not damaged, Ukraine added.
Based on the information provided by Ukraine, IAEA experts noted that systems important for nuclear safety and security had not been affected. Nevertheless, renewed shelling at or near the ZNPP was deeply troubling for nuclear safety and security at the six-reactor facility, Director General Grossi said, reiterating his demand that all such military activity cease.
Thursday’s shelling occurred on the same day as the IAEA Director General briefed the United Nations Security Council about the worsening nuclear safety and security situation at the ZNPP over the past week, emphasizing the urgent need for the IAEA to be able to send an expert mission to carry out essential nuclear safety, security and safeguards work there.
The IAEA has not been able to visit the ZNPP since before the conflict began almost half a year ago. ...
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pre...tor-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine
Seems unlikely that the Russians would shell a plant they control, so presumably the Ukraine forces are trying to strike Russian military elements around the plant.
The Russians are letting the Ukraine technicians continue to operate the reactors, which feed the Ukraine grid. I assume that they supply power for the Donbas, which is why the Russians have not shut down the plant, even though they are trying hard to destroy the electrical substations that power the rail network, because that carries the Ukraine resupply.
Afaik, prevailing summer winds are south, so fallout would hit Crimes, winter it is more easterly, so impacting Donbas and Russia. Do not see an accident here as useful to Russia.
The Russians are letting the Ukraine technicians continue to operate the reactors, which feed the Ukraine grid. I assume that they supply power for the Donbas, which is why the Russians have not shut down the plant, even though they are trying hard to destroy the electrical substations that power the rail network, because that carries the Ukraine resupply.
Afaik, prevailing summer winds are south, so fallout would hit Crimes, winter it is more easterly, so impacting Donbas and Russia. Do not see an accident here as useful to Russia.
Mary Wilson
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Podolyak: Russian troops shell nuclear plant to cut off Ukraine from energy.
August 13, 2022 6:12 pm
by The Kyiv Independent
Mykhailo Podolyak, the advisor to the President's Office, said that Russian troops are shelling the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to cut Ukraine's south from electricity and blame it on the Ukrainian Armed Forces. An unnamed engineer from the plant told BBC that Russian forces are deliberately destroying the powerlines.
https://kyivindependent.com/news-fe...-nuclear-plant-to-cut-off-ukraine-from-energy
August 13, 2022 6:12 pm
by The Kyiv Independent
Mykhailo Podolyak, the advisor to the President's Office, said that Russian troops are shelling the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to cut Ukraine's south from electricity and blame it on the Ukrainian Armed Forces. An unnamed engineer from the plant told BBC that Russian forces are deliberately destroying the powerlines.
https://kyivindependent.com/news-fe...-nuclear-plant-to-cut-off-ukraine-from-energy