There’s a move afoot to safeguard the clapped-out nuclear plant by inserting a specially trained unarmed civilian ‘protection’ team between the warring sides.
Why this came my way, I don’t know. But it’s scary enough to be of interest to some, though once the realities become known it could be less so.
Zaporizhzhya (ZNPP) has six old fission reactors surrounded by 37 years of nuclear waste in unprotected cooling pools and dry casks. The plant is near the front line and has been in Russian hands since February although it is owned and operated by the Ukrainian state entity Energoatom, whose personnel still have the day-to-day management.
For months artillery fire has caused damage to various structures including the backup power supply lines needed to keep the reactors and their waste management systems from meltdown or fire.
A nightmare scenario, right enough.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) negotiated an inspection that began on 31 August. Inspectors examined the plant for safety and witnessed the shutdown of the last reactor and reconnection of backup power to the coolant system. Two international inspectors remain on site. A demilitarized zone of 30km around the plant has been recommended and negotiations are underway but without success so far, leaving thousands of civilians at serious risk if there were to be a release of nuclear material.
Stuart Littlewood worked on jet fighters in the RAF then pursued a career in industrial marketing.
More recently he worked as a freelance and with innovation consultancies. Psychology degree Exeter University, Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Served as a Cambridgeshire county councilor 1993-97 and on the Police Authority. Associate of the Royal Photographic Society. Since retiring has been a newspaper columnist and produced two photo-documentary books. He is a regular contributor to a number of internet news magazines.
Check out Stuart’s book Radio Free Palestine, with Foreword by Jeff Halper. It tells the plight of the Palestinians under brutal occupation and explains to me why the Zionists who control Israel should be brought before the International Criminal Court.
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