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Their. the cooling systems, the reactor is cramped, if a reactor is shot down, and i assume that the three reactors that are operating today are cramped as a result of this accident, they require protocol themselves. ideally, that power comes from and efficient electricity grid. one of the concerns about a fire, breaking power connection into the plant, it is possible that shelling, if its correct that the plans have been shelved, im not entirely clear whats the specific -- but its possible that...

The confinement boxes and if they can break down the cooling systems and call some nuclear winter. thats the most likely have the options unless you talk to president zelenskyy of ukraine who believes that thats exactly what the russians want to do. listen here to president zelenskyy. >> we are issuing a warning. no country has ever shot and nuclear blocks except for russia. first time ever. for the first time ever in our history in the history of humankind, the terrorist country has reverted to...

State of electricity grid, to power cooling systems in the event that we actors are shot down. so russian attacks against the electricity grid have potential nuclear safety implications. >> stay with that. if the power plants cannot cool down, if theyre trying to shut down, then what happens? >> firstly, i should emphasize that nuclear power plants have multiple layers of safety. if theyre shut down, and theyre trying to call the preferences to u.s. power from the states electricity grid, to coo...

Fall out are also hostages. how worried are you? >> its very concerning as horrific as the conflict has been, so far, we may not have seen the worst of it from a humanitarian perspective . he sounded very stressed because he knows this conflict is going to go on for some time and these plants are vulnerable as the reporting said. its not just the reactor which is heavily fortified, probably cannot be penetrated by shells or bullets but its the electric power to the plant for the cooling systems ...

Army will be able to fight back. >> how concerned are you about rush russia using chemical weapons? >> im more concerned about the nuclear weapons that they will be using so i dont believe he will be pushing a button, a red button and everyone is so concerned and im more worried that he will create some accidents on the nuclear plants, which russia is now controlling and i will remind you this is chernobyl, it has been disconnected from the electrical good and the cooling systems are not working...

Went on long enough that the diesel generators ran out of fuel, then more of the dish and generators were damaged by the fighting or other cooling systems were damaged, then you could have a meltdown. and im especially concerned about some older reactors in ukraine that dont have as robust a containment building and dont have the same quality of emergency core cooling system. quality of emergency core cooling s stem. . . r quality of emergency core cooling s stem. ., ., i. quality of emergency c...

Different accident sequences here. what happened at chernobyl was the plant operators made a series of mistakes that caused the nuclear reactions in the reactors core to proceed at a high rate. the amount of energy produced simply couldnt be contained in the reactor and it exploded. that is very unlikely to occur at any of ukraines currently operating nuclear power plants. the fear there as ive explained already is that the cooling systems for the plant are disrupted or damaged, and these are pa...

Plant or the loss of power to these generators? >> well, either one is of concern, but the fact is that the reactors are vulnerable to damage to their safety systems like the electricity distribution system and because that isnt protected to the same degree the fuel and reactor is thats one of the greater vulnerabilities so there are a variety of ways in which damage can occur, and you dont have to have a direct hit on the containment like i said to actually cause damage if you disrupt those, th...

Disconnected from the grid by the russian military. the news was confirmed by the ukrainian energy minister, and workers risked their lives to avert risk of a possible nuclear catastrophe. the "washington post" reports the head of ukraines state-owned atomic energy firm told local media last week that nuclear technicians at a plant in south east ukraine were being forced to work at gunpoint. chernobyl is home one of the worst atomic disasters in history, the closed plant has 20,000 spent fuel ro...

Power. ukraines foreign minister says the plant has diesel generators that can power it for 48 hours. but after that, the cooling systems for nuclear fuel stored there will stop, making radiation leaks imminent. nbc news has reached out to the russian government for comment. the international atomic energy agency said in a tweet that it saw no critical impact on safety, but that the power loss violated a key safety pillar. the agency went on to say that the heat load of the spent fuel storage po...