The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) sees no major dangers for Germany from the fighting for the Ukrainian nuclear power plant Zaporizhia. The risk for Germany in the event of a nuclear disaster in Zaporizhia is “relatively low,” says the head of the radiological emergency response department at the BfS, Florian Gering, on the “ZDFheute.de” portal.
According to an earlier study, “Fortunately only in 17 percent of all weather conditions contaminated air reaches Germany”, explains Gering. “Of course, it can also happen that the wind is in such a way that contaminated air would come to Germany.” Even if there were a major release of radioactivity, “disaster control measures, such as evacuation or taking iodine tablets, would not be necessary in Germany.