We have a crisis situation that I want to share with you. The FT of London has a banner headline about the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant being cut off the power grid. Deutsche Welle reported the same crisis event. Here is the link to the video report:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AePVQUJMM4U
This complex of reactors produces 20% of
Ukraine's power. It is the largest complex of reactors in Europe. The shelling
caused the reactor to lose the capacity to provide electricity to millions of
power users. Backup diesel generators saved the day.
Nuclear security experts are afraid of
water pools outside the reactor being hit and radioactive material released. A
heavy rocket or artillery hit could breach the containment buildings protecting
the reactors and lead to a meltdown and release of nuclear materials as
happened in Chernobyl.
Vladimir Putin is literally playing
Russian roulette right now. His playbook is the same one used by Russian leaders
for decades. The way to win a war is through massive artillery attacks against
civilians and civilian positions. It is cold-blooded, brutal, and senseless
terrorism. It does not force people to submit and surrender. It makes people
more determined to resist.
If there is a large-scale release of
nuclear material from this reactor complex, it would scatter deadly radioactive
materials in Ukraine, Eastern Europe, and even Russia. The estimated casualties
from such a release of radioactive materials would be devastating beyond
comprehension.
Some cynical people claim that Putin
might deliberately cause a radiation release here at the reactor, blame it on
Ukraine, and use it as an excuse to exit the war.
I had so much hope when French President
Macron got Putin to agree to allow international inspectors into the nuclear
plant. It will be two weeks before these inspectors arrive.
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