Didn’t the plants all get safely shut down before the Russians got there? If so, they can’t cause a meltdown unless they actually try to start the reactors.
Not to say they can’t cause something bad to happen, especially since they are storing munitions in there but it wouldn’t be a meltdown. I would assume fuel material wouldn’t get thrown as far/the core wouldn’t be compromised but that would take someone more knowledgable than me on this.
Didn’t the plants all get safely shut down before the Russians got there? If so, they can’t cause a meltdown unless they actually try to start the reactors.
Are the shutdown? Yes. Safely? Definitely not. The type of reactor they are and the fuel they use, requires active cooling as it remains hot for years.
Zaporizhzhia is the plant in question, and it’s water supply is in jeopardy after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam.
With the plant not in active operation, it’s unlikely we’d see an incident on the level of Chernobyl but it’s far from safe.
Didn’t the plants all get safely shut down before the Russians got there? If so, they can’t cause a meltdown unless they actually try to start the reactors.
Not to say they can’t cause something bad to happen, especially since they are storing munitions in there but it wouldn’t be a meltdown. I would assume fuel material wouldn’t get thrown as far/the core wouldn’t be compromised but that would take someone more knowledgable than me on this.
Are the shutdown? Yes. Safely? Definitely not. The type of reactor they are and the fuel they use, requires active cooling as it remains hot for years.
Zaporizhzhia is the plant in question, and it’s water supply is in jeopardy after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam.
With the plant not in active operation, it’s unlikely we’d see an incident on the level of Chernobyl but it’s far from safe.