The alternative is reactor meltdown and Chernobyl-style event due to Ukrainian shelling of the station’s cooling pumps.
“The station continues to work under the leadership of “Energoatom” on the energy system of Ukraine, but not at full capacity, because many lines around it are damaged. Communication with the staff is available around the clock. At the same time, the occupiers fully control security at the ZNPP: staff access to workplaces, passage/exit to the station. Workers report regular cases of ABUSE by Russians against them. In particular, employees were deprived of access to the shelter.
Recently, the Russian military has been consistently shelling the territory of the station. “Energoatom” warns that the shelling is being carried out to destroy the infrastructure, disconnect it from the energy system of Ukraine and cut off electricity in the south of our country. “
On August 8, the occupiers announced that they were demining the Zaporizhzhia NPP and that they were ready to blow it up. Ukraine sent letters to the UN and the IAEA with the demand to send a security mission to the ZNPP.
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