MUMBAI: Indicates that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine The World Nuclear Report 2022, released on Wednesday night, has led to a number of unprecedented events in the nuclear sector, stating that “no nuclear power plant in the world is designed to operate in an all-out war”.
The nearly 300-page report, published annually, was prepared by Consulting project Mycle Schneider.
According to the report, the unprecedented events included “operation of commercial nuclear plants in an all-out war, shelling of commercial reactor sites, enemy occupation of nuclear and reactor operations under physical threat”.
It says that the Russian military occupies two nuclear sites – Chernobyl and Zaporizhizhia – and the involvement of Rosatom (the state-owned nuclear power corporation founded by Vladimir Putin in December 2007) in the case of forcible operation of facilities by Ukrainian employees “raises questions about the relationship of commercial companies – whether private or public – with the Russian state company’ ‘.
The statement comes at a time when Russia-Ukraine is at war, India’s intervention has been sought to defuse the Zaporizhizhia nuclear crisis.
On Thursday afternoon, the Secretary of State, S Jaishankarsaid in New Zealand that “India was asked to put pressure on Russia on the matter regarding the safety of the Zaporizhizhia nuclear plant as the countries increased fighting near the nuclear facility”.
His statement was supposed to be significant because on Thursday, seven Russian missiles crashed into residential buildings in Zaporizhizhia, near the nuclear plant, believed to be the largest in Europe.
According to the report, more than half of the electricity in Ukraine was produced by nuclear plants before the Russian invasion, and its 15 reactors are located on just four sites with two to six units each.
The nearly 300-page report, published annually, was prepared by Consulting project Mycle Schneider.
According to the report, the unprecedented events included “operation of commercial nuclear plants in an all-out war, shelling of commercial reactor sites, enemy occupation of nuclear and reactor operations under physical threat”.
It says that the Russian military occupies two nuclear sites – Chernobyl and Zaporizhizhia – and the involvement of Rosatom (the state-owned nuclear power corporation founded by Vladimir Putin in December 2007) in the case of forcible operation of facilities by Ukrainian employees “raises questions about the relationship of commercial companies – whether private or public – with the Russian state company’ ‘.
The statement comes at a time when Russia-Ukraine is at war, India’s intervention has been sought to defuse the Zaporizhizhia nuclear crisis.
On Thursday afternoon, the Secretary of State, S Jaishankarsaid in New Zealand that “India was asked to put pressure on Russia on the matter regarding the safety of the Zaporizhizhia nuclear plant as the countries increased fighting near the nuclear facility”.
His statement was supposed to be significant because on Thursday, seven Russian missiles crashed into residential buildings in Zaporizhizhia, near the nuclear plant, believed to be the largest in Europe.
According to the report, more than half of the electricity in Ukraine was produced by nuclear plants before the Russian invasion, and its 15 reactors are located on just four sites with two to six units each.
