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Situation at Zaporizhzhia NPP "increasingly unpredictable and potentially dangerous"

2023-05-09T19:45:36.783Z

Highlights: More than 1500 people have already been evacuated, including more than 600 minors. A total of at least 18 cities and settlements are affected by the partial evacuation, including the city of Enerhodar. In addition to the evacuation of the population, Russia is also to erect anti-tank barriers in the area and mine the area. There are "currently no indications of increased radiation levels, neither in Ukraine nor in Germany," says a spokesman for the Federal Environment Ministry. Germany does not expect that disaster control measures would be necessary in the event of radioactive fallout in Germany.



The International Atomic Energy Agency is worried: in the area of the Zaporizhzhia NPP, the population is being evacuated and the soil is being mined.

Moscow – In view of the expected Ukrainian counteroffensive, the Russian government has called on families and children, as well as the elderly, to leave several Moscow-occupied territories in southern Ukraine. Last Friday (5 May), the Russian administration began evacuating the villages near the front line in the Zaporizhzhia region. This also affects the city of Enerhodar, where the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is located and where most of the employees of the nuclear power plant live.

The Zaporizhzhia NPP is located on the east bank of the Dnipro River. Since March 2022, it has been occupied by Russian forces. In addition to the evacuation of the population, Russia is also to erect anti-tank barriers in the area and mine the area, according to information from dpa.

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant: Ukraine war could threaten "serious nuclear accident"

More than 1500 people have already been evacuated, including more than 600 minors, the Russian-appointed head of administration of the Zaporizhzhia region, Yevgeny Balitsky, said on Sunday (7 May). A total of at least 18 cities and settlements are affected by the partial evacuation, including the city of Enerhodar. Balitsky spoke of a temporary resettlement of the population for their own safety.

In the Zaporizhzhia region, where the occupied nuclear power plant is located, the Russian armed forces are to set up anti-tank barriers and mine the area. (archive image). © -/AP/dpa

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, warned on Saturday (6 May) that the situation in the area around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was becoming "increasingly unpredictable and potentially dangerous". He said he was "extremely concerned" about nuclear safety and safety risks to the plant. He warned of the danger of a "serious nuclear accident".

With regard to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, there are "currently no indications of increased radiation levels, neither in Ukraine nor in Germany," as a spokesman for the Federal Environment Ministry told the Funke newspapers on Monday (8 May). In principle, however, forecasts of the extent to which German territory could be affected by attacks on a nuclear power plant in Ukraine are subject to very high uncertainties, "since nuclear power plants have never been attacked in history," the ministry spokesman said.

Ukraine war: Impact of nuclear power plant attack on Germany uncertain

However, due to the distance to Ukraine, the Federal Environment Ministry does not expect that disaster control measures would be necessary in the event of radioactive fallout in Germany – such as the intake of high-dose iodine.

In the "worst case", i.e. in the event of a significant leak of radioactivity and a weather situation in which radioactive air would move to Germany, there could be an impact on agriculture, the spokesman continued. This would require a control of feed and food with regard to radioactive contamination.

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Zaporizhzhia NPP is being prepared for Ukraine's counteroffensive

According to the Russian occupation authorities, renewed rains have delayed the start of Ukraine's expected counteroffensive. "The soil must be ten to twelve centimeters dry so that the technology can roll over it," said the head of the administration, Balitsky, on Russian television. Nevertheless, the counteroffensive "could start at any moment," he warned.

In its war in Ukraine, which began more than 14 months ago, Russia is occupying large swathes of land, especially in the south and east of the country. In total, about 20 percent of Ukrainian territory is still under Russian control. After the largely unsuccessful winter offensive of the Russians, military experts now expect a Ukrainian counteroffensive with which Kiev wants to recapture several territories. (NA/dpa/AFP)

Source: merkur

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