Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant perils part of novel challenges regarding nuclear safety

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant perils part of novel challenges regarding nuclear safety

Abstract:

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has posed novel problems related to nuclear safety for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Western intelligence communities, and media outlets because this is the first time a large scale shooting war has threatened multiple nuclear power plants. Early concerns about perils posed by radioactive materials stored at the damaged and decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant have now turned to fears about evident damage to the Zaporizhzhia (also spelled Zaporizhia) nuclear plant located on the Dnipro river-fed Kakhovka reservoir in a southern area of Ukraine now occupied by Russian forces.

 

The challenges include sifting sources for misinformation and disinformation.  (download to read more)

 

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DOI:: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12852.12168
Last updated on 09/22/2022