Posted on 07/04/2023 1:31:41 PM PDT by McGruff
Despite continued accusations from Ukraine that Russia is planning to “blow up” the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says its experts at the site “have so far found no visible indications of mines or other explosives”.
The IAEA said its experts were able to inspect parts of the plant’s cooling system, including some sections of the perimeter of the large cooling pond and the isolation gate of the discharge channel of the nearby Zaporizhia Thermal Power Plant (ZTPP). It noted that both this channel and the cooling pond “hold reserves of water that remain available for use by the ZNPP despite the destruction of the downstream Kakhovka dam more than three weeks ago”.
The IAEA experts have also been conducting regular walkdowns across the six reactor units and other areas around the site. Access to further areas is still expected, including parts of the turbine halls and some parts of the cooling system. “As previously indicated, the IAEA is aware of reports that mines and other explosives have been placed in and around the ZNPP, including mines near the cooling pond.”
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said such reports are taken very seriously IAEA experts at the site had been instructed to look into the matter and request necessary access. “Until now they have not observed any mines or other explosives. Further access will still be needed.”
The five basic principles for the protection of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant (NPP) that Director General Grossi established on 30 May at the United Nations Security Council state that there should be no attack from or against the plant and that it should not be used as storage or a base for heavy weapons – multiple rocket launchers, artillery systems and munitions, and tanks.
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Read Rosatom is operating the plant although from what I read it’s offline.
>Read Rosatom is operating the plant although from what I read it’s offline.
It’s on cold shutdown and there’s no danger of nuclear leakage unless multiple shells are shot at it, and even then, it’s nothing like a steam explosion like Chernobyl. People are freaking out over nothing.
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“Russia must be clearly aware: the world sees what scenarios terrorists are preparing for, and the world is ready to respond,” Zelensky commented on the situation around the ZNPP
According to him, there was no timely and large-scale response to “the terrorist attack against the Kakhovskaya HPP”. And this may inspire the Kremlin to “new evil.”
“Stopping it is the duty of everyone in the world. No one can be left behind, because radiation leaves no one behind “ Zelensky added.
4:14 PM · Jul 4, 2023
The vaunted counteroffensive having failed miserably, the Ukraine has no possible scenario for victory or even a frozen conflict. They have been telegraphing this for months; there is no advantage to Russia attacking a plant they have held for months in a conflict that they are decisively winning. The only possible hope for the Ukraine is direct USA/ NATO intervention- thus the modern Gulf of Tonkin incident. This is, of course, massively dangerous- Russia is not likely to regard nuclear terrorism as another red line to be ignored.
Russia insists there are no mines at the nuclear power plant and, if there are, the Ukrainians put them there.
LOOK ……. SQUIRREL! ….. SQUIRREL! ……SQUIRREL!
Pay no attention to that failing counteroffensive. GIBS-ME-DAT mo’ billions of American taxpayer money.
The vaunted counteroffensive having failed miserably, the Ukraine has no possible scenario for victory or even a frozen conflict
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One year advance of the mighty Russian army covered 35 km - from Luhansk to Soledar to Bakhmut.
Contrast with Ukrainian army that took 10 km in one month.
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