Ukraine accuses the Russians of carrying out dangerous military provocations around a plant and there is a warning from the Ukrainian government about the possibility of Russia decoupling the plant from the Ukrainian power grid for its connection to the Russian one, a complex and inconvenient operation.
In the city of Zaporizhia, Ukraine, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe is located, the same one that the Russian army that invaded Ukraine has in its power and has turned it into a military base since March of this year. The Moscow government has rejected international warnings of the need to demilitarize that plant.
Ukraine accuses the Russians of carrying out dangerous military provocations around that plant and there is a warning from the Ukrainian government about the possibility of Russia decoupling the plant from the Ukrainian electricity grid for its connection to the Russian one, a complex and inconvenient operation.
The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, warned during their recent stay in Ukraine that the main threat is nuclear, in clear reference to the fact that any error due to the war environment of nuclear facilities can lead to a major disaster.
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky said: “This deliberate terror of the aggressor can have catastrophic consequences… the UN must ensure the security of this strategic target in Zaporyia.”
For his part, the UN Secretary General warned: “We must demilitarize the area and say things as they are: any potential damage to Zaporityia is suicide.” Another Chernobyl could happen like 36 years ago.
A decision of the United Nations Organization is that specialists from the International Nuclear Energy Agency (IAEA) evaluate the conditions and radioactive levels of the plant. This initiative is backed by the president of the United States, Joe Biden; by the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, and by the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz. They emphasized ensuring the safety of nuclear facilities and the entry of specialists into Ukrainian territory.
What is unfortunate is that after so many dangerous nuclear experiences there is the threat of something similar in Zaporityia as if devastation was not increased. Unfortunately this is part of a war of attrition.
What is also a collateral effect of the war is that the blackmail associated with energy supplies by Russia is encouraging the use of nuclear energy. The result is that the generation capacity of all the reactors in the world has been increased. Nuclear energy has opened its dangerous path.
