LLAW’s All Things Nuclear #719, Sunday, (08/11/2024)
“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity”
The Kursk Nuclear Power plant is close to where Russian and Ukrainian forces could be fighting (Image: Getty )
LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Sunday, (08/11/2024)
The following article is an update from yesterday’s post concerning the possibility of a potential nuclear disaster amid the ongoing Russia/Ukraine war. We are now seeing nuclear power plants, either by accident or by war strategy, adding possible nuclear tragedy to innocent citizens who are evacuating the Kursk reactor location.
A news report yesterday, posted here, said that 76,000 Russian citizens were ordered to evacuate , and yesterday even Russian president Vladimir Putin is urging more evacuations, apparently not directly due to war, but to the possibility of ta Kursk Power Plant meltdown and radiation released ot the atmosphere, similar to the long ongoing concerns of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. where nearby fighting has been ongoing for nearly two years.
My point here , as I have often mentioned in past posts in this daily blog, is that nuclear power plants are potentially as dangerous as nuclear war, whether accidentally by earthquakes, floods, typhoons, hurricanes, or, just as likely, operational errors by plant operators, and most certainly as weapons of war when available. We are well advised, therefore, to not only disarm all nuclear weapons on the face of the Earth, but also do the same with nuclear powerplants. It is a mystery to me why nobody seems to understand the ‘all things nuclear’ threat to all life on the planet, including animal life. as well as our own. ~llaw
Nuclear disaster warning for two countries as Putin orders urgent mass evacuation
Ukrainian forces have made a surprise incursion into Russian territory sparking fears fighting could develop around the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant.
By Richard Ashmore, Senior News Reporter
18:32, Sat, Aug 10, 2024 | UPDATED: 18:33, Sat, Aug 10, 2024
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The Kursk Nuclear Power plant is close to where Russian and Ukrainian forces could be fighting (Image: Getty )
The head of the international atomic monitoring body has issued a stark warning to Russia and Ukraine to avoid fighting getting close to huge nuclear power plant.
Rafael Grossi, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), urged both militaries to "exercise maximum restraint" if combat erupts near the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant.
In a bold move Ukraine has stunned President Putin and the Kremlin with a military incursion on Tuesday into the Russian provinces of Kursk, and most recently the neighbouring Belgorod region.
A humiliated Vladimir Putin has now been forced to issue a massive evacuation order for more than 76,000 civilians from the Kursk region. The measures, which also apply to the neighbouring Belgorod and Bryansk provinces that border Ukraine, allow the government to relocate residents, control phone communications and requisition vehicles.
The Russian Defence Ministry said today (Saturday) that fighting was continuing in the Kursk and that the army has conducted airstrikes against Ukrainian forces.
In an urgent statement issued last night, IAEA boss Rafael Grossi said: "The IAEA has been monitoring the situation on the reported military activities taking place in the vicinity of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant.
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President Putin has been forced to issue an evacuation order for civilians (Image: Getty )
"In view of the reportedly significant military activity, I wish to remind all parties of the seven indispensable pillars for ensuring nuclear safety and security during an armed conflict."
Mr Grossi urged Russia and Ukraine to respect principles adhered to so far in the conflict which have been used to protect the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
He added: "These include, among others, the imperative to ensure the physical integrity of a nuclear power plant. This is valid irrespective of where an NPP is situated.
"At this juncture, I would like to appeal to all sides to exercise maximum restraint in order to avoid a nuclear accident with the potential for serious radiological consequences."
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Yellowstone Caldera
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