This Saturday, August 27, the existence of a risk of “spray of radioactive substances” at the Zaporijjia nuclear power plant was reported by the Ukrainian public operator.
The concern grows. This Saturday, August 27, the operator of Ukrainian nuclear power plants Energoatom warned that the Zaporizhia power plant was now operating with the risk of radioactive leaks and firefollowing bombings of which Ukrainians and Russians have been accusing each other for several weeks.
“Sputtering of radioactive substances”
Bernard Laponche, expert in energy policy, returns to this phenomenon of spraying of radioactive substances among our colleagues from RTL : “Sputtering can be ash or dust that contains radioactive materials. Due to the explosion created by bombardment, it sends them out into the environment.“
“The radioactive dustwithin a certain perimeter, can cause casualties if there are people who are there”, he specifies.
On this point, the specialists specify: in the event of an accident, it will probably not be in the sense of a major drama of the Chernobyl or Fukushima type. The Zaporizhia reactors are indeed bomb-proof, protected by a concrete containment two meters thick, specifies in particular franceinfo.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls on the Russians to liberate the Zaporizhia power plant. Some from the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) are in any case expected “next week” at the plant.
For its part, the town hall of Zaporijjia indicated that since August 23 it has been distributing iodine tablets to residents within a radius of 50 km around the plant, in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Health.