All six reactor units of #Ukraine’s #Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (#ZNPP) are now in cold shutdown for the first time since late 2022 after unit 4 reached this operational state early today, Director General Rafael Mariano #Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (#IAEA) said.
Official register reports 1,200 #Zaporizhzhya residents in captive, but OVA head Ivan #Fedorov believes the actual figure is double. Urging those under occupation to leave due to security risks.
Fedorov added that a separate headquarters has been created on the basis of the "Same Tut" Assistance Center for IDPs from Melitopol in Zaporizhzhia, which collects information on kidnapped people.
Zaporizhzhia NPP is reaching the end of its nuclear fuel life, the situation there is "fragile" — IAEA Director General during a briefing in Kyiv. From here, he will visit the NPP.
The Russian headquarters in temporarily occupied #Tokmak, #Zaporizhzhya Oblast, was destroyed during a meeting on Nov. 28, #Melitopol Mayor Ivan #Fedorov announced on national television.
The blast killed 14 Russians, many of them officers.
"For two days in a row, Tokmak has been witnessing a powerful liquidation of the enemy," he said.
...also, with available water from rivers disappearing, #CoolingWater becomes harder and harder to come by which still remains a necessity even after the plant has been shut down, e.g. in #Zaporizhzhya, #🇺🇦.
1/ Video of the terrifying moment a second #Russian cruise missile strikes the #Reikartz Hotel in #Zaporizhzhya (often used by #UN staff when they're in the city). This was a deliberate double attack on a hotel used by foreigners, with high-precision cruise missiles.
> Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has completed the planned transition of its reactor unit 5 to cold shutdown while moving reactor unit 4 to hot shutdown, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have observed directional anti-personnel mines on the periphery of the site of Ukraine’s #Zaporizhzhya#Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said 24 July 23
"having such explosives on the site is inconsistent with the #IAEA safety standards and nuclear security guidance and creates additional psychological pressure on plant staff"
#UN Atomic Watchdog's Inspectors Still Don't Have Access To Rooftops At Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant
"International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have carried out additional inspections and walkdowns at #Ukraine#Zaporizhzhya#Nuclear Power Plant over the past week – so far without observing any heavy military equipment, explosives or mines – but they are still awaiting access to the rooftops of the reactor buildings" - Director General Grossi
Die französischen #AKW benötigen genau wie das in #Zaporizhzhya auch im "heruntergefahrenen" Zustand Wasser zur Kühlung.
Daran denke ich seit der Dammzerstörung.
Die #AKW sind tickende Zeitbomben, den Wassermangel kann es schnell geben.
> The first complete blackout of the Zaporizhzhia NPP happened on August 25, 2022, when all 4 power lines running into the station from the Ukrainian grid were switched off for a short time. This was the first time in the plant’s 40-year history that it had been entirely disconnected from the grid. The running units were stopped automatically.
The Russian occupiers intend to switch power unit No. 4 of the #Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (#NPP) to a "hot shutdown" mode and refuse to put power unit No. 5 into "cold shutdown." #ZNPP
The short version , if Russia blows up #Zaporizhzhia , there is no reason to panic. It's no nuclear bomb, it will not be a second Chernobyl according to all experts. It will guarantee however that Russia will lose all it gained in this war and more probably #russia#Ukraine
If that were to happen, I think those outside Ukraine and adjacent countries might have more reason to be concerned about surging food prices due to contaminated crops than about radiation itself.
Ukraine's president ordered his generals to gird the northern border after the leader of an abortive mutiny in Russia was said to have arrived in Belarus, while a senior defense official claimed Ukrainian troops have wrested the "strategic initiative" from Russia in the 15-month full-scale fight.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 22 that based on intelligence reports, Russia is considering a terrorist attack at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant through radiation leakage.
The #Council should rule that the #Russian aggressor stop the shelling of #refugees immediately and the UN should secure the #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (#ZPP) and empower #NATO to put its decisions into effect by armed measures (Art. 42, #UNCharter).
"...to ensure that some water was retained in case the water levels in the reservoir dropped below the level where water could be fed from the #ZTPP inlet channel."
“Together, the large cooling pond, the smaller spray ponds, and the discharge channel 👉have sufficient water for some months👈, but the #Zaporizhzhya#Nuclear Power Plant [#ZNPP] is also taking action to preserve and replenish these reserves as much..."
"...safety and security situation at the #Zaporizhzhya#Nuclear Power Plant [#ZNPP, #ZPP] is extremely fragile. The loss of the #Kakhovka reservoir was a catastrophe for the region as a whole and has also added to the severe difficulties for this major nuclear power plant."
"...of #Zaporizhzhya and #Kakhovka must be brought under immediate international control and protection of #NATO with a #UN mandate, if possible at short notice...
[Video] The destruction of the russian anti-aircraft missile system in Zaporizhzhya region resulted in nice fireworks (streamable.com)
Watch "The destruction of the russian anti-aircraft missile system in Zaporizhzhya region resulted in nice fireworks" on Streamable.
Zelenskiy Girds Northern Ukraine As Kyiv Claims New Hold On 'Strategic Initiative' (www.rferl.org)
Ukraine's president ordered his generals to gird the northern border after the leader of an abortive mutiny in Russia was said to have arrived in Belarus, while a senior defense official claimed Ukrainian troops have wrested the "strategic initiative" from Russia in the 15-month full-scale fight.
Zelensky: Russia considers radiological terrorist attack at Zaporizhzhia plant (kyivindependent.com)
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 22 that based on intelligence reports, Russia is considering a terrorist attack at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant through radiation leakage.
Ukraine takes village on Zaporizhzhia front, Russia-appointed official says (www.theguardian.com)
War blogger also reports recapture of Piatykhatky, which if confirm would be first village taken in nearly a week