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There is a dual nuclear hypocrisy: Those supposed “antinuclear” activists who worry about and oppose nuclear everything, except Russia’s, despite the fact that Russia’s state-owned nuclear corporation, Rosatom, is the biggest nuclear pusher-exporter in the world: power stations, mining, fuel, and nuclear weapons. Then there are those who claim alarm at Putin’s apparent attempts to use Zaporizhzhya NPP like a “dirty bomb”, yet continue to promote the use of nuclear, and pretend that it’s safe. The disgusting hypocrisy on both sides is utterly nauseating. The IAEA can’t even name Russia as the attacker, or they may lose access to the ZNPP site, which the collective “west” allowed Russia to take control of.
The US and Europe should have provided air cover for ZNPP before Russia took control of it, or given Ukraine the means to do so. The people of the tiny town managed to hold back Russia for a little while, but no help arrived.
Where are all of the “anti-nuclear” activists, as Russia attacks Zaporizhzhya NPP site with missiles? Still mesmerized by Putin? The sheer and utter hypocrisy of ignoring this is mind-blowing. Some seem to be true anti-nuclear activists, who have been hopelessly brain-washed by over 100 years of Kremlin propaganda. Greenpeace International is one of the only anti-nuclear groups which has consistently exposed the truth about Putin’s Russia.
Through the still unsanctioned Russian government owned Rosatom, Russia is the biggest nuclear pusher-exporter in the world. There are none so blind as those who refuse to see:
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-nuclear-power-industry-graphics/32014247.html
A meter is slightly longer than a yard (3 ft). A kilometer is 1000 meters.
“Even though there was no direct impact on key nuclear safety and security systems at the plant, the shelling came dangerously close to them. We are talking metres, not kilometres…. shelling at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, is taking huge risks and gambling with many people’s lives,” Director General Grossi said. (IAEA Director Grossi, 20 November 2022)
The IAEA team investigated the damage on Monday, 21 November 2022:
“The team’s observations included damage to condensate storage tanks that caused non-radioactive leaking, several impacts on the main road along the plant’s reactors as well as on a site railway that is out of service, a pressurised air pipeline hit by shrapnel, two impacts on the roof of a special auxiliary building, minor visible damage to a sprinkler charging pipeline, as well as two impacts in a guardhouse area. Operating and maintenance staff have already begun repairing some of the damage and plant personnel are also cleaning up the site following the weekend attacks, the IAEA team said. The IAEA team also reported that there had been no further attacks on the plant overnight or so far today, though there had been shelling in the area of the nearby city of Enerhodar and the industrial area. Senior site management separately informed the IAEA team that four of the ZNPP’s reactors remained in cold shutdown and two in hot shutdown, continuing to produce steam and hot water for the site and Enerhodar, where many plant workers and their families live”. (IAEA Director Grossi, 21 November 2022)
The IAEA news releases, in their entirety, follow the commentary below.
The US and Europe should have provided air cover for ZNPP before Russia took control of it, or given Ukraine the means to do so. But, there are too many blinded by love of Putin, too many wusses, and too many idiots in our ranks. Not to mention the unethical greedy traders who continue to trade in physical Russian commodities, as well as Russian linked stocks. They want “business as usual” with Russia and have poisoned discourse in an attempt to get it. Thus, we may all perish. The people of the tiny town managed to hold back Russia for a little while, but no help arrived.
In case any brainwashed still have the ability to have an iota of interest in the truth. Cirincione got a belated wake-up call: “The key driver of NATO expansion was… Eastern Europeans wanted protection from a historic foe. They pushed to join NATO; America did not pull them into an anti-Russian pact. Centuries of invasions instilled a genuine fear of Russia into their collective memories. Putin’s numerous nuclear threats since the beginning of the war remind all that however weakened Russia’s army may be by its battles in Ukraine, its nuclear weapons can destroy any nation it targets. This is true of Sweden and Finland today. The U.S. is not manipulating them into joining a crusade to conquer Russia. These nations fear that Putin’s goals go far beyond those Mearsheimer describes. That is why they are abandoning decades (in Sweden’s case, three centuries) of neutrality…” July 29, 2022 Joe Cirincione https://russiamatters.org/analysis/whats-missing-mearsheimers-analysis-ukraine-war Mearsheimers is an idiot, who shouldn’t even be named except maybe to say: “Mearsheimer is an idiot” https://twitter.com/Isa_Yusibov/status/1587181856151273474 Criticize his statements but don’t dignify his stupidity by naming him. He’s an example of the need to shut down most US universities.
Putin seems to want to use nuclear power stations like a dirty bomb. If people given in, then he, or others, will march across the world, taking control with nuclear threats. But, insanely, lessons are still not being learned from Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, or elsewhere, that all nuclear power stations need to be permanently shut down and secured in the best way possible. Everyone was warned that these power stations should be shut down: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/europes-false-solutions-for-ukraines-energy-woes Right now, however, Ukraine needs to keep warm and Putin has done everything to undermine its ability to do so. People can and do die of hypothermia, i.e. freeze to death.
A reminder that the United States and the Russian mainland are around 57 miles apart. US and Russian islands in the Bering Strait are around 2.5 miles apart.
The US State of Alaska and the Russian mainland are around 57 miles apart. US and Russian islands in the Bering Strait are around 2.5 miles apart. Due to its history of imperialism, the Russian Federation occupies more land than any other country in the world. Russia is not only an active imperialist in Ukraine, but in Africa, Latin America, and elsewhere, as well.
The US and Europe should have provided air cover for ZNPP before Russia took control of it, or given Ukraine the means to do so. But, there are too many blinded by love of Putin, too many wusses, and too many idiots in our ranks. Not to mention the unethical greedy traders who continue to trade in physical Russian commodities, as well as Russian linked stocks. Thus, we may all perish. The people of the tiny town managed to hold back Russia for a little while, but no help arrived.
“Update 129 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
192/2022
Vienna, Austria
Repeated shelling at the site of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) yesterday evening and this morning damaged buildings, systems and equipment, with some of the explosions occurring near the reactors, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.
Director General Grossi described the shelling – one of the most intense such episodes in recent months – as another “close call” for Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, now located in the middle of a war zone.
Radiation levels at the site remained normal and there were no reports of casualties. The ZNPP’s external power supplies, which have been knocked out several times during the conflict, were also not affected.
The latest shelling began shortly before 6pm local time yesterday and, after a lull, resumed at 9:15am today with more than a dozen blasts within 40 minutes. After the morning shelling, the area was again quiet, the team of IAEA experts reported in the afternoon today.
According to the IAEA experts, site management reported damage in several places, including a radioactive waste and storage building, cooling pond sprinkler systems, an electrical cable to one of the reactors, condensate storage tanks, and to a bridge between another reactor and its auxiliary buildings.
“Once again, we were fortunate that a potentially serious nuclear incident did not happen. Next time, we may not be so lucky. We must do everything in our power to make sure there is no next time,” Director General Grossi said, reiterating his call for urgent measures to protect the ZNPP and prevent a nuclear accident during the current conflict in Ukraine.
The Director General said he has been in active consultations with world leaders today on the latest shelling at the ZNPP, and he is insisting that agreeing and implementing a nuclear safety and security protection zone around the ZNPP must happen now.
“Even though there was no direct impact on key nuclear safety and security systems at the plant, the shelling came dangerously close to them. We are talking metres, not kilometres. Whoever is shelling at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, is taking huge risks and gambling with many people’s lives,” Director General Grossi said.
The IAEA team of experts plan to conduct an assessment tomorrow of the shelling impact on the site”. https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-129-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine
“IAEA on shelling of ZNPP: Next time, we may not be so lucky“
21.11.2022 06:17 https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3618627-iaea-on-shelling-of-znpp-next-time-we-may-not-be-so-lucky.html
“Update 130 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
195/2022 Vienna, Austria
An expert team of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today assessed the extent of damage caused by intense shelling over the weekend at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said. They were able to confirm that – despite the severity of the shelling – key equipment remained intact and there were no immediate nuclear safety or security concerns, the Director General said.
The four IAEA nuclear safety, security and safeguards experts currently staying at the site were briefed by management and then conducted an extensive visit of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant to assess first-hand the physical impact of shelling that occurred on Saturday evening and again on Sunday morning, in one of the most serious such incidents at the facility in recent months, Director General Grossi said.
The status of the six reactor units is stable, and the integrity of the spent fuel, the fresh fuel and the low, medium and high-level radioactive waste in their respective storage facilities was confirmed, the team said.
Nevertheless, the IAEA experts still observed widespread damage across the site. “This is a major cause of concern as it clearly demonstrates the sheer intensity of the attacks on one of the world’s largest nuclear power plants,” Director General Grossi said.
The team’s observations included damage to condensate storage tanks that caused non-radioactive leaking, several impacts on the main road along the plant’s reactors as well as on a site railway that is out of service, a pressurised air pipeline hit by shrapnel, two impacts on the roof of a special auxiliary building, minor visible damage to a sprinkler charging pipeline, as well as two impacts in a guardhouse area.
Operating and maintenance staff have already begun repairing some of the damage and plant personnel are also cleaning up the site following the weekend attacks, the IAEA team said.
The IAEA team also reported that there had been no further attacks on the plant overnight or so far today, though there had been shelling in the area of the nearby city of Enerhodar and the industrial area.
Senior site management separately informed the IAEA team that four of the ZNPP’s reactors remained in cold shutdown and two in hot shutdown, continuing to produce steam and hot water for the site and Enerhodar, where many plant workers and their families live.
In the wake of the renewed attacks, the Director General intensified his consultations aimed at establishing a protection zone at the plant.”
Last update: 21 Nov 2022 https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-130-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine
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