A Russian soldier, with his face covered and a vending device against the atomic reactor block of the Zaporoza atomic Power Plant... I think this picture's all over the world. late it has been repeated more and more. The reactors are getting hotter.
The largest atomic power plant in Europe was on the front line, in the very epicentre of war, on the left bank of Dniepr, under Russia's control, erstwhile Ukrainian troops defend the right. The crisis around the Zaporosian atomic Power Plant (ZEJ) began erstwhile the Russian military occupied her area at night on March 4, 2022. Then there was a fire and fire exchange at the training center, which was announced to the planet as the start of atomic Armageddon. But nothing serious happened.
The armed takeover of the atomic power plant was a global precedent – this is the first always war, where on both sides of the front there are blocks of atomic power plants. And they are taken over by enemy troops and attacked from the air (drones, artillery, rockets). ZEJ became an inflammatory point that could lead to a global disaster.
The first major Ukrainian operation took place in August 2022 erstwhile the commandos reached the left bank of Dniepr via close Kachowski Tank. At the time, they suffered defeat, but caused specified serious global concern that on 1 September 2022 the global atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) observers arrived. They're expected to keep the planet informed and keep the hotheads down.
When the mission entered the facility, the attacks were not over. It was the hottest in October 2022 erstwhile Ukrainians tried to take over the power plant and conducted a peculiar forces landing. 37 landing boats stormed the facility through a very wide river, supported by artillery fire. The city of Energodar suffered, in which darkness fell and a transmission station serving ZEJ. The fighting lasted over 3 hours, the Russians sank most of the boats, many soldiers died.
But the power plant was in the mediate of fighting with drones, artillery and rockets. There are 500 Russian soldiers based on the area, guarding her safety. On the roofs there are device guns nesting, firing from incoming drones-kamikaze. The Russians consider the calls for a "demilitarisation" of the UAE to be unrealistic, due to the fact that then the hazard of disaster would be much greater, and they are liable for its safety. During these 2 years, transmission lines and power-generating infrastructure have been attacked. There was inactive harm to the power lines leading to power plants. This 1 needs external power.
In early April 2024, the attacks began to intensify. For 3 days drones were already hitting not only the surrounding areas, but besides the reactor dome. After the attacks, reactor 6's shell was damaged. This is the first time since November 2022. The attack on the machinery hall failed, the drone was neutralized and the charge exploded.
Nuclear power in the midst of war is simply a powerful atomic disaster. The dam reactors have shields built of reinforced concrete, but specified a shell will not defend against direct rocket or rocket attack. atomic power plants are not built to function at a time erstwhile war is going on.
The risks are huge. Hitting an artillery projectile of more than 150 mm (and much larger ones are utilized there), not to mention the rocket, even in a cooled reactor, will destruct the concrete shield and harm the reactor, resulting in radioactive materials being ejected into the atmosphere and spread them to dozens or hundreds of kilometers. Then it is essential to expel residents in large areas, which means we have a disaster with radioactive contamination akin to Chernobyl (1986) or Fukushima – 1 (2011).
A somewhat smaller scale of contaminants will have an impact on the spent atomic fuel warehouses. This threatens to spread radioactive material around the area, although here the threat only reaches a fewer 100 metres around the object. All you gotta do is hit the gas warehouses, diesel tanks (and this happened in April). This time it didn't work, it ran out of 5 meters, but a fire like this at the power plant could have disastrous consequences. The threat may besides consequence in a deficiency of power.
We're balancing on the brink of a atomic disaster and individual is deliberately pursuing it. It appears that the script of the Russian atomic energy being driven out of Europe (Lucky Man: How to fly distant a Russian atom? | Think Poland (myślpolska.info) It's getting fast.
Andrzej Szczęsniak
Think Poland, No. 17-18 (21-28.04.2024)
