Nuclear risks in Ukraine: what are the dreaded accidents?

Is humanity playing with a loaded gun as the mayor of Nagasaki asserted in August?

Should Europe fear a new Chernobyl?

After the attention focused on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant for more than a month, the Ukrainian operator Energoatom on Monday accused Russia of having bombed the site of the Pivdennonooukrainsk power plant, in the south of the country.

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Ukraine has fifteen reactors in operation, spread over four sites: Zaporijjia (with six reactors), Rivné (4 reactors), Khmelnitskyi (2) and Pivdennonooukrainsk (4).

Among these reactors, nine therefore now cause concern.

But what accidents do we fear precisely?

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Obviously, the first risk that comes to mind is that of a missile directly targeting the reactor.

This possibility is generally ruled out by all observers.

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