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UKRAINE UPDATE: Keeping the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant Safe

By Stuart Littlewood

“The cutting edge of making peace – to take the risks for peace that soldiers take for war”

The Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant remains intact despite continuing fighting nearby, and UN inspectors are still on site. The International Atomic Energy Agency‘s director general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, says:

“This place is at the front line which makes the whole thing so volatile and in need of urgent action.”

Before the war, the plant supplied 20% of Ukraine’s power. It’s now shut down but the reactors need constant cooling with circulating water otherwise they could overheat and quickly cause a nuclear catastrophe. The cooling system relies on electricity coming from the town, and there’s shelling. In a conflict zone anything could happen to interrupt the supply…. and probably will.

Read Full Article Here…(veteranstoday.com)


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