UPDATE 1-Ukraine energy minister says "no threat" from accident at nuclear plant

REUTERS ^ | Dec 3, 2014

[McGruff]

Ukraine's energy authorities said on Wednesday that an accident at a nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhya in the south-east of the country posed no danger and the plant would return to normal operations on Dec. 5.

"There is no threat ... there are no problems with the reactors," Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn, who took up his post in a new government only on Tuesday, told a briefing.

[McGruff]

Under an international convention, adopted after the April 1986 Chernobyl accident in what was then Soviet Ukraine, a country must notify the IAEA of any nuclear accident that can have an impact on other countries...

[donozark]

Not all that far from Donetsk. Wonder if a Tuchka U went astray? //

[dfwgator]

"There is no threat ... there are no problems with the reactors,"

[McGruff]

From CNN

[Gay State Conservative]

The southeastern part of the country? Isn’t there something else going on in that region as well? Do I recall something happening in that same region to a 777 with 300 people (mostly Europeans and Aussies) aboard?

[AnAmericanAbroad]

Whenever I hear the words “no threat” or “it’s all under control”, the phrase ‘famous last words’ immediately springs to mind.....

[Gaffer]

Errr uhhhhhh.....exactly where was Chernobyl again?

[Iron Munro]

Just think of the cost savings on flashlights and other illumination once things (including people) glow in the dark

[Sacajaweau]

There are no problems.

Then there shouldn't have been an accident.

[McGruff]

She go Boom!

Ukrainian Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn speaks during a
press conference on a reported accident at Zaporizhye nuclear power
station, in southeastern Ukraine, in Kiev, 3 December 2014.

[AU72]

No worries, when was the last time something bad happened at a nuke plant in Ukraine?

[Sacajaweau]

http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Safety-and-Security/Safety-of-Plants/Chernobyl-Accident/

[Pollster1]

Errr uhhhhhh.....exactly where was Chernobyl again?

That may have been rhetorical, but someone will wonder. This is not close to Chernobyl, at least not by Ukrainian standards. Chernobyl is a nine hour drive away, at the north end of the lake north of Kiev, and this is south and somewhat west of there. It's reactor operators and technicians trained in the same country by the same people, but it's nowhere near the same complex.

[C210N]

Counting the days of no accident...

[wetphoenix]

“There is no threat ... there are no problems with the reactors,” Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn. “All we need is another $$$$$ billion in aid for a plant update and Europe would be safe! Or else....”

Here is it fixed for you.

[twoputt]

I spent a night in Zaporizhzhya as I was driving down to Simferopol. Their population is around 1.2 million. Really nice people who went out of their way to help me when I got lost.

I hope everything is fine there.

[justa-hairyape]

One of the largest nuclear complexes in the world. Reactors all lined up in a row right next to each other. Cannot get much dumber then that. One Ukrainian official called it a meltdown.

[UCANSEE2]

"See, everything is OK."

[TangoLimaSierra]