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| Nuke watchdog warns attacks on Russia-controlled power plant 'must stop now' as smoke seen billowing out | |
| 2024-08-13 | |
Thick, black smoke was seen Sunday exiting the top of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that Russia captured shortly after launching its full-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022. The massive fire followed multiple explosions hitting the vast, six-reactor facility, according to the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear watchdog, which has staff there. ''These reckless attacks endanger nuclear safety at the plant and increase the risk of a nuclear accident,'' IAEA chief Rafael Grossi warned in a statement. A non-functioning cooling tower was damaged in the fire, Ukraine's nuclear power company Energoatom said in a statement. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said initial tests showed that ''the radiation indicators are normal. ''But as long as Russian gunnies maintain control over the nuclear plant, the situation is not and cannot be normal,'' he wrote on Facebook. Related: Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant: 2023-06-30 Rosatom evacuating personnel from Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Tell employees "to blame Ukraine in case of any emergencies" Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant: 2023-01-07 Russian hackers reportedly targeted US nuclear sites after Ukraine invasion Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant: 2022-10-21 Russia has mined hydro dam and plans to blow it up, putting hundreds of thousands of people at risk in Kherson and potentially causing nuclear catastrophe by impacting power plant cooling systems, Zelensky warns | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 *Snicker* It’s always fun (and educational) watching the Rantburg crowd figure it out. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-08-13 21:39 |
| #6 The photos at the link betray the truth. Someone lit and stoked a fire underneath a tertiary loop cooling tower. It's completely outside the reactor containment building. |
| Posted by: Difar Dave 2024-08-13 19:51 |
| #5 I don't. Nor the Russians. Stalemate of lies. I think we all know what is the first thing to get defenestrated in war. But if the Russians were smart they would have shut that plant down right after they captured it. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2024-08-13 12:07 |
| #4 They stacked up a lot of tires in the cooling tower and lit them on fire |
| Posted by: TZSenator 2024-08-13 08:15 |
| #3 ^ I don't. Nor the Russians. Stalemate of lies. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-08-13 07:35 |
| #2 Like I trust anything out of the mouth of a Ukrainian. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2024-08-13 06:24 |
| #1 Of course they didn't actually investigate the cause of the fire, only talking the Russian narrative verbatim. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2024-08-13 06:16 |