Posted on 04/18/2023 8:56:38 PM PDT by dynachrome
Yes. American influence is going up in smoke before our eyes, in no small measure as a result of insane Neocon policies. This ridiculous letter will only add fuel to that fire. Sad. Almost looks like someone wants us to be a laughing stock.
Another strongly worded letter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TEvacFETvM
Andrea Ferkile, tells Rosatom’s director general that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar “contains US-origin nuclear technical data that is export-controlled by the United States Government.”
Uhm, maybe NOT send that type of technology to countries on the border with Russia, China, etc.?
And, Biden will just send a sternly worded letter.
“Or what?”
Exactly!
What? Don’t do it or you’ll make me weawy, weawy angry! (As Elmer Fudd would say.)
Yeah. That’s the ticket, Biden. That’ll really put the fear of God into Putin. /s
Assuming the story is true (because it is CNN, but they aren’t the only ones reporting this): why exactly is “sensitive [American] nuclear technology” in a Ukrainian nuclear power plant?
Didn’t Russia have operational control of this plant early on in the war?
That’s what I recall, which is one reason I’m wondering why this sort of message is only now becoming public.
Blown out of proportion by the US as a false predicate for direct intervention.
Beware the trap. The US has NOTHING THERE they would not object to the New York Times publishing.
Invention of causus belli.
Assuming the story is true (because it is CNN, but they aren’t the only ones reporting this): why exactly is “sensitive [American] nuclear technology” in a Ukrainian nuclear power plant?
The letter appears absolutely authentic. I first learned of this from the Eric Cosman Youtube video linked below. The U.S. Department of Energy in 2021 reportedly assessed maintenance procedures and recommended improvements for outage optimization. That is what they reported in public. What they did behind closed doors may have involved a little something something extra.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-oNIieAW7E&ab_channel=EmilCosman
US warns Russia! Don't access the secret American technologies at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear PP. Or what??Emil Cosman@emilcosman90 58K subscribers 5.2K videos
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https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/us-helps-optimize-ukrainian-nuclear-reactor
Office of Nuclear EnergyU.S. Helps Optimize Ukrainian Nuclear Reactor
June 28, 2021
Unit 2 at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant is expected to significantly increase its annual power production in Ukraine thanks to an international project supported by the U.S. government. The United States helped implement new maintenance procedures and operations at the reactor that should ultimately strengthen energy security in the country.
Outage Optimization
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) worked with Argonne National Laboratory and Ukrainian company NT-Engineering to help Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and its operator, Energoatom, optimize their maintenance approach at Unit 2. The team assessed the reactor’s system configurations and maintenance routines to identify which services could be safely performed during operation instead of waiting until the reactor was shut down for refueling.
The project also included training for Ukrainian officials and its regulators on the new risk-informed management approach and how this process could be replicated at 12 other VVER 1000 units across the country.
“If this process is replicated at Ukraine’s 12 other VVER 1000 reactors, as Ukraine is now planning to, it will increase the overall power output of Ukraine’s reactor fleet by the equivalent of one new VVER 1000 reactor,” said Igor V. Bodnar, the project manager at Argonne National Laboratory.
The plant itself was built by the USSR in the USSR, starting in 1980.
Ms. Ferkile seems unaware that U.S. law has no jurisdiction in Russia or in a military conflict zone under Russian control. Perhaps she should send them a letter telling the Russians they have no right to reverse engineer the American weaponry used to attack the Russians until they obtain a permission slip from Ms. Ferkile. The plant is now under new management in Russian controlled territory.
Russia took over the plant around February 2022. The newfound cause for concern is the nearing collapse of the Ukrainian forces and the permanency of Russian control. I would expect some attempt to revisit the issue in any peace negotiation, not that the U.S. is a party to the conflict.
Copies of Ms. Ferkile's letter will be cut into 4-inch squares and placed in the little reading room where it may serve some useful purpose.
If the US didn’t want their ‘technology’ falling into Russian hands, perhaps they shouldn’t have forced Russia to invade Ukraine.
This piece is full of lies and fabrications but, this nuke plant has been in Russians hands for a long time now. I wager they have already touched most everything in there.
One of my favorite gifs.
It was one of the first things Russia did.
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