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2023-07-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

ZNPP staff refusing to start up reactor No. 4 - Energoatom

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Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-07-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top

#1 When the guys who run these graphite monsters say it's not safe to start, I would believe them.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-07-22 08:19|| 2023-07-22 08:19|| Front Page Top

#2 The reactors at Zaporizhia are pressurized light water reactors. Chernobyl used graphite as neutron moderator, a somewhat more 'risky' design.

Posted by SteveS 2023-07-22 13:09|| 2023-07-22 13:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Reactor 4 is also the one that a weeks ago the Russians were suspected of placing explosives on the roof for blackmail of the Ukraine and the West. Cutting off the coolant water to a hot reactor would guarantee a melt down. Explosives and mines are already placed in the generating rooms.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-07-22 16:56|| 2023-07-22 16:56|| Front Page Top

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