'This is an unprecedented and volatile situation,' writes Najmedin Meshkati, a professor of engineering and international relations at University of Southern California. — The Conversation
Nuclear power plants are built for peacetime operations, not wars.
Containment buildings, which house nuclear reactors, are also not protected against deliberate shelling. They are built to withstand a minor internal explosion of, say, a pressurized water pipe. But they are not designed to withstand a huge explosion. Ukrainian Emergency Ministry personnel conducted a drill in the city of Zaporizhzhia on Aug. 17, 2022, to prepare for a possible radiation leak from the nuclear power plant near the city.reportedly at gunpointThere is a human element in running a nuclear power plant – operators are the first and last layers of defense for the facility and the public. They are the first people to detect any anomaly and to stop any incident.
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