Despite Ukrainian reports of damage in and around the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine (see also video above), the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) says the plant, which is occupied by Russian forces, is not currently in any acute danger. yield. “There is no evidence that radioactive materials could have been released in Ukraine,” the federal agency told German media on Tuesday.
According to the BfS, all available radiological measurements were “within normal range”. The Austrian Ministry of Climate Protection announced on Saturday that there is currently no danger for Austria. The radiation warning systems in Ukraine and Austria therefore showed no increased readings.
Separatists: damage has been repaired
Russia has now announced that it will bolster air defenses around the occupied nuclear power plant. Europe’s largest nuclear power plant is operating normally, damaged power connections have been repaired, the head of the region’s separatist civil administration, Yevgeny Balizky, said, according to Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency.
Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of shelling the power plant. Ukraine’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, Yevhenij Zymbaljuk, said in a press conference on Monday that there had been more explosions around the nuclear power plant since August 5 and that the region’s energy supply had largely collapsed. Zaporizhzhya Oblast is now occupied by Russian troops and Ukrainian technicians will continue to work at the power plant, but they will be subjected to “torture and reprisals,” the diplomat said. “A nuclear incident at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant would be comparable to Chernobyl or Fukushima,” he warned.
Source: Krone
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