What The Russians Did At Chernobyl
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Now that Russia has failed at their three-day takeover of Ukraine, their only purpose seems to be to destroy it. There’s no other reason for the damage of the Chernobyl plant described in this Washington Post article. (no paywall)
Russians stole equipment and damaged buildings. The most dangerous part of the site, the remains of reactor number 4, is well-protected under an engineered dome that was completed a year or two ago. The article says little about the used fuel storage ponds that have received fuel from Ukraine’s other reactors. Those are also dangerous, in that an explosion within them would disperse the radioactive fuel. That didn’t happen, whether it reflected Russian objectives or Russian ignorance. The other three reactors at the site were shut down by 2000.
Ukraine is back in charge of the plant and cleaning up the mess.
Some of the stolen equipment has GPS tracking and is now moving around in Belarus.
The article has some photos of the damage. Take a look.
@Safecast volunteers are measuring radioactivity in the area.
Cross-posted to Nuclear Diner