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#UKRAINE: Nuclear terrorism threats at ZNPP. Henry Sokolski, NPEC

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🗓️ 24 June 2023

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#UKRAINE: Nuclear terrorism threats at ZNPP. Henry Sokolski, NPEC
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-says-russia-considering-nuclear-plant-terror-attack-moscow-denies-it/ar-AA1cU6eO

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0:00.0

This is CBSI in the world. I'm John Bachelors. The Zappereision Nuclear Power Plant, the largest in Europe.

0:11.0

Six containment vessels, questions raised since the Russians took possession of the plant.

0:18.0

In the spring, winter, spring, questions raised now, however, go to this headline in the Reuters reporting from Europe.

0:27.0

Within hours, Ukraine says Russia considering nuclear plant terror attack. Moscow denies it.

0:34.0

I welcome Henry Sikolsky, the executive director of the Non-Proliferation Policy Education Center, who has been my guide on the terror weapon of a nuclear power plant in a combat zone.

0:48.0

We're no longer talking about accidents, about exchange of missiles or artillery fire that either violate one of the containment vessels or take down the power that is necessary to keep the coolant moving through the containment vessels.

1:04.0

We're talking about deliberate terror. Keith is accusing Moscow of planning it. Moscow is returning that by saying it's not true, you're planning it.

1:14.0

Henry, a very good evening to you. First of all, congratulations for getting ahead of this story for months now, but here it is upon us.

1:22.0

So I want some technical understanding of what a terror attack would look like. What leverage the keyf is saying Russia has or Russia is saying keyf has.

1:33.0

How do you turn a nuclear power plant that is on cold shutdown or hot shutdown into a weapon with using munitions? Good evening to you.

1:44.0

Good evening. Well, there are a number of objectives you might have, and depending on the objective, you destroy or damage different things.

1:52.0

If you want to have some radiation, but not a lot, you could release some radiation purposely, and not damage the power.

2:05.0

Or you could create what I would describe as a radiological military speed bump to the offensive, which is pointed towards the separation after all by creating a real crisis.

2:18.0

And that would be a loss of coolant acts and most likely. I mean, you could also take some spent fuel and then solve the earth around there and make it impossible for anyone to get there by breaking the stuff open.

2:32.0

And then you know, you probably killing or really harming the health of anyone did that.

2:40.0

But they don't seem to care too much about people's health is last I checked. So there are a lot of different scenarios.

2:48.0

And the latest one to catch everyone's attention is the rumor or intelligence that the reservoir that is dedicated upon the cooling of the reactors might be first open with minds.

3:09.0

Because now the dam both beneath the separation has been broken open and the water level around this pond, which is a dirt berm with water and then is the water level is below the berm.

3:26.0

So if you break it, all that water goes out and you can't use it anymore. So everyone is, you know, nervously watching this.

3:34.0

We have this from nuclear engineering international in its latest update on the situation that separation nuclear power plant international atomic energy agency director general.

3:46.0

Rafael Grossi said plant management is planning to resume pumping water that still remains accessible despite a major loss of water in the Kakaoq reservoir caused by the destruction of the downstream dam.

3:59.0

For the past two weeks, the plan has received the cooling water it needs from the reserves held by a discharge channel of the nearby thermal power plant.

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