Ukrainian shelling of Zaporozhye
nuclear plant creates risk of catastrophic fallout - British
physicist
The radioactive fallout from a
disaster at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant would "make
Europe pretty much uninhabitable," said Dr. Chris Busby, a
veteran chemical physicist with decades of experience studying
the health effects of internal ionizing radiation. According
to the scientist, the Ukrainian forces shelling the plant
probably "don't have the faintest idea" of what they're doing.
Zaporozhye is the largest
nuclear power plant in Europe, with six reactors capable of
generating up to six gigawatts of electricity - enough to
power more than 1.8 million average European homes.
Moscow earlier
urged the international community to respond to Ukraine’s recent
drone attack on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, which the
Russian Foreign Ministry denounced as “an act of nuclear
terrorism on the part of the Kiev regime.”
Russia's Rosatom nuclear
agency has condemned the Kiev regime’s "unprecedented" drone
attack on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant,
which left at least three employees of the facility injured.
Rosatom called on the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to immediately
respond to and condemn Ukraine's actions.
The
expert explained in this vein that a possible disruption of one of the
plant’s reactors would be followed by “the uncontrolled release of
radioactive substances into the atmosphere” with all that it implies.
As far as Rosatom’s call toward the IAEA is concerned, Uvarov remained downbeat on the agency’s relevant reaction.
When
asked about how Europe could respond to the Kiev drone attack, he said
that he doesn’t believe any such reaction will come, and that at best,
the International Atomic Energy Agency will issue a statement on a
strike by "unidentified drones."
“To be honest, I don't believe [there will be any reaction]. In my opinion, Europe will not react, just as it did not react before to the explosion of the Kakhovka dam and so on. At best, the IAEA will issue a statement about an attack by 'unidentified drones',” the expert said.
He
also expressed regret that the IAEA is restrained by the fact that
“this organization is still more technical than political."
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