Possibly the plant was being used by Ukraine to upgrade uranium to weapons-grade plutonium?
Perhaps this was the real reason for the invasion, and everything else is a distraction?
All the same neocon crowd which were gung-ho about invading a sovereign country which had not committed any aggressive acts towards USA, are now having a cow when Russia invades a neighbor clamoring to join NATO and stockpile weapons.
Yes I refer to Cuban Missile crisis when US navy blockaded sovereign country of Cuba denying them access to their ports.
The difference is Cuba was 90 miles from US shores. Ukraine is right on border of Russia.
Perhaps.....