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Is it possible that the Kiev regime would attack the nuclear reactor and blame it on the Russians?
Make sure to read the article, Chernobyl, Fukushima Scenario Possible at Zaporozhye NPP Amid Ukraine's Shelling - Authorities, below.
Ukrainian shelling damages roof of nuclear fuel storage – official
The Zaporozhye facility is the largest atomic power plant in Europe
A Ukrainian strike has hit a reactor fuel storage at the Russian-controlled Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, local authorities said on Monday.
The roof of the building has been damaged as a result of the attack, Vladimir Rogov, the spokesman for Zaporozhye Region’s administration, said on Telegram.
He also posted a photo of a hole in the roof that was supposedly caused by the strike.
The affected storage facility holds fresh nuclear fuel for the reactors of the plant, which is the largest in Europe.
Russia said earlier that a Ukrainian drone targeting the nuclear facility had been shot down.
It warned that those attacks could trigger a disaster that would eclipse the 1986 Chernobyl incident. Radioactive material could potentially reach Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Moldova, Belarus, and even Germany in a worst-case scenario.
Ukraine, meanwhile, has claimed that the Russian forces have turned the nuclear plant into a military base and that they’ve been shelling the facility themselves to pin the blame on Kiev.
Russia has repeatedly denied those accusation and urged for international inspectors to visit the site to assess the situation for themselves.
Earlier on Monday, International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi announced that such a mission will take pace after all, with IAEA specialists expected to arrive at the Zaporozhye plant this week.
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Chernobyl, Fukushima Scenario Possible at Zaporozhye NPP Amid Ukraine's Shelling - Authorities
MELITOPOL (Sputnik) - A possible accident at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP) resulting from the shelling carried out by the Ukrainian military could be comparable in consequences to the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters, the head of the regional military-civil administration Yevgeny Balitsky told Sputnik.
"In the event of radiation release, the consequences will be catastrophic not only for the Zaporozhye region. It will be a situation equivalent to what happened at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and in Fukushima," Balitsky said.
"Experts believe that if the backup diesel generators and mobile pumps fail, the core will overheat, as a result of which the reactor plant will collapse, radioactive substances will be released into the atmosphere, and then they will spread hundreds of kilometers away."
He warned that a possible accident at ZNPP, resulting from the constant shelling by Ukrainian troops, could become a catastrophe for Europe, and radiation could spread to the Crimean Canal and the Black Sea.
"The Chernobyl accident affected dozens of countries, and the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is the largest in Europe, so everyone should be aware of this," Balitsky told Sputnik.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday that the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant had been shelled again by Ukrainian troops. Three shells fell in the area of a special building of the ZNPP, which stores new TVEL nuclear fuel and solid radioactive waste. One shell fell next to the ZNPP's sixth power unit, and five others landed opposite a pumping station, which provides cooling for one of the reactors.
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While the IAEA is preparing a mission to visit the nuclear power plant, ukroreykh continues to strike at its territory. Apparently, they are marking in the storage of nuclear fuel and waste.
Another horror story to stir up panic?
With a very high probability, yes.
Recently, however, there has been increased pressure in the Western and Ukrainian media that there is a large Russian military base at the nuclear power plant. And therefore, they say, it is necessary to strike at it. However, there is no single position on who exactly hits the station in the foreign media space.
Sometimes, even in one publication, the same song is first cited about the "occupation" of the territory of the nuclear power plant by our troops (in huge numbers), the presence of which "provokes" the AFU to attacks, but then it is indicated that we ourselves are hammering with missiles - in our own way, it turns out .
Shelling of nuclear power plants regularly suits the regime
Zaporozhye NPP is located on the left bank of the Kakhovka reservoir, through which the Dnieper passes. This is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and the third largest in the world, whose six power units produce a total electrical capacity of 6,000 megawatts, it provides electricity to about a third of Ukraine, where it comes via four transmission lines (three of them are designed for 750 kV and one - at 330 kV).More precisely, it did. Because a couple of days ago, the army of the ukroreich interrupted all four power lines in turn with aimed fire. But this is rather a problem of the territories controlled by Kiev , since they are deprived of light.
Another thing is that the Zelensky regime continues to shell the nuclear power plant itself .
Only in the past day, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, there were two artillery raids.
Moreover, they hit accurately: they fired nine shells, three of which were fired into the area of special building No. 2, where new nuclear fuel from TVEL (part of the fuel division of Rosatom) is stored, as well as solid radioactive waste.
Another shell fell in the area of the 6th power unit, and five others - opposite the sixth block pumping station, which provides cooling for the reactor.
Yes, the source of the shelling was established - the firing points located in the area of Maryevka (this is forty kilometers in a straight line on the right bank of the Dnieper) were suppressed by return volleys from our side.
Blackmail Kuleba and dirty tricks "Energoatom"
The radiation background at the station is normal, the Ministry of Defense specified. And yet. The situation looks extremely dangerous. Although the reactors themselves, thanks to their powerful external protection , are almost pointless to attack - in any case, with the weapons that Ukraine has, it is alarming that it was the special building No. 2 mentioned in the report of our military, as well as the reactor cooling system, that were targeted. Since 2001, the ZNPP has been operating the Dry Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility (DSSF), but this is a very serious matter.Waste is stored in concrete containers, there are several hundred of them. And now a direct hit on them, albeit also, of course, quite strong, can lead to catastrophic consequences.
Against this background, the Ukrainian Energoatom published the so-called "estimated forecast" indicating the "wind rose" for August 29. And, as if in mockery, the power engineers of Nezalezhnaya rolled out advice on how to act for the population in the event of the spread of infected air masses: “carry out iodine prophylaxis,” “seal the premises,” “introduce special operating modes for schools and kindergartens,” and so on.
PHOTO: SCREENSHOT FROM THE WEBSITE OF THE UKRAINIAN COMPANY ENERGOATOM
It is clear that the purpose of the warning opus is to cause panic. However, literally at the same time as his appearance, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba rolled out a threat on social networks , saying that "Russia's actions at nuclear power plants endanger the whole of Europe" - like that, no less.The Russian military must get out of the station - they have nothing to do there,Kuleba summed up. Not bad? In fact - blackmail, direct and undisguised.
So what?
But right now the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is preparing a special mission to visit the Zaporozhye NPP. According to The New York Times, it will include thirteen specialists from Argentina, Poland, Lithuania, Albania, France, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, North Macedonia, Serbia and China. But neither the US nor the UK will be in the mission.The last circumstance seems to be pleasing - on the one hand, and on the other, it looks strange.
Why didn't the Americans and the British, who are so actively participating in the events in Ukraine, put their experts in the IAEA group, at least in the role of spies?
And there are no Germans.
What does this mean?
Are Western curators aware of some impending provocation?
Let's hope that our special services are also actively pursuing this topic - and suggest options for action in various scenarios.
Political scientist, director of the Institute for Political Studies Sergei Markov sees the options for the development of a "nuclear crisis" at the Zaporozhye NPP as follows:
- Soft concession to Russia. Russia in a closed format guarantees that it will neither disconnect the territory of the Kyiv regime from electricity, nor connect either Crimea or Donbass. Russia will not take control of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant from Kyiv's Energoatom and will not transfer it to Rosatom.
- Zero option. Russia refers to the possibility of a catastrophe and turns off nuclear power plants altogether.
- Hard option. Russia disconnects Ukraine from the nuclear power plant, and Rosatom takes control of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine are still seeking radioactive contamination. humanitarian catastrophe.
- Hard answer. Russia strikes at the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant, near the territory of Poland. The political hysteria of the West begins. But in a few days, the shelling of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant will be stopped.
- Total concession to Russia. The Zaporizhzhya NPP is transferred under the control of the IAEA, and, therefore, the working structures of the UN, i.e. the USA. After some time, the United States and the IAEA transfer gas stations to Ukraine.
Nuclear holocaust averted - Russia: We shot down a Ukrainian kamikaze drone at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
"Targeted a nuclear waste storage facility"
Russia's forces that own the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant announced on Sunday that they had to shoot down a Ukrainian military kamikaze drone that was targeting a nuclear waste storage facility.
"Russian troops shot down a Ukrainian kamikaze drone, which was targeting a nuclear waste storage facility, judging by the trajectory of the flight ," wrote the military-civilian administration of the city of Energodar on its Telegram channel, as reported by Tass.
