LLAW’s All Things Nuclear #603, Wednesday, (04/17/2024)
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LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Wednesday, (04/17/2024)
The following is an abbreviated updated article from “Army Technology” concerning the status of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, echoing concerns that a nuclear ‘accident’ might be immanent. But, whatever occurs, as I mentioned yesterday, it is impossible to justify referring to this attack as an accident. Accidents are simply not caused intentionally. ~llaw
Russia holds Zaporizhzhia’s power plant ‘hostage’ – is a nuclear accident imminent?
The IAEA warns that recent attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the world’s third largest, pose a “major nuclear threat”.
Alex BlairApril 17, 2024
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged blame over a spate of recent attacks on the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), sparking concerns over mass radiological contamination should drones breach the reactors at Europe’s largest nuclear site.
“Reckless attacks” on Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia in eastern Ukraine “significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident”, Rafael Mariano Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told the UN Security Council on Monday (15 April).
The IAEA sounded the alarm after a series of drone strikes on the ZNPP since 7 April, the first since November 2022. There was one reported casualty.
Spread over several days, the attacks damaged the roof of ZNPP’s Reactor 6, adjacent to the main reactor buildings.
All six reactors were promptly moved into a state of cold shutdown – but there is still a risk of reactor meltdown should shells or drones breach the concrete walls encasing each.
Whodunnit?
Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of carrying out the attacks on Zaporizhzhia.
Moscow accused Kyiv of “very dangerous” attacks on ZNPP, while Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia would undertake a “terrorist attack” at the plant, which it has taken “hostage”.
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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Wednesday,(04/17/2024)
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
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Nuclear Power
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China has grown its nuclear capacity over the last decade, now ranking second on the list of top nuclear energy producers.
New nuclear power plant expected to kill 46 tonnes of fish a year - The Telegraph
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Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
Russia holds Zaporizhzhia's power plant 'hostage' – is a nuclear accident imminent?
Army Technology
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Nuclear War
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What if nukes hit Salt Lake City? Expert, students weigh in on threat of nuclear war
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Rebecca Dudley, a political science professor at BYU who teaches U.S. foreign policy and talks about nuclear war in her class, weighed in on the ...
This City in New York Is Apparently a High Priority Target in Nuclear War
WIBX 950
A new report claiming the American cities most at risk of a nuclear attack put one city in the Empire State at the top of the list.
Ukraine-Russia war live: Press Putin to end war, Germany urges China's Xi Jinping
The Independent
... war in Ukraine, adding that both leaders rejected attacks on nuclear facilities. Speaking on the final day of his trip to China, Scholz also said ...
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
Poll: Ukraine among countries with lowest nuclear threat fear - Yahoo
Yahoo
Russia has repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons in response to Western support for Ukraine, but the threats have so far failed to materialize.
Nuclear policies of US, Japan are real threats to world - China Military
China Military
... nuclear threats. In fact, it is the US and Japan's adverse developments in nuclear policies and nuclear issues that truly threaten the world and ...
Israel-Gaza live updates: Netanyahu, war cabinet to again meet on response - ABC News
ABC News
Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Israel focused too intensely on the Iranian nuclear threat at the expense of its ...