The Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant remains intact despite continuing fighting nearby, and UN inspectors are still on site. The International Atomic Energy Agency‘s director general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, says:
“This place is at the front line which makes the whole thing so volatile and in need of urgent action.”
Before the war, the plant supplied 20% of Ukraine’s power. It’s now shut down but the reactors need constant cooling with circulating water otherwise they could overheat and quickly cause a nuclear catastrophe. The cooling system relies on electricity coming from the town, and there’s shelling. In a conflict zone anything could happen to interrupt the supply…. and probably will.
Diesel generators are there for emergencies but that arrangement is not secure enough for any length of time.
John Reuwer, chair of the Zaporizhzhya Protection Project steering committee, says: “We are grateful for all those working to end the war and challenge those that cause wars…. especially those volunteering for and supporting this project to protect countless people from the potential radiation disaster caused by war. This is the cutting edge of making peace – to take the risks for peace that soldiers take for war.”
Stuart Littlewood worked on jet fighters in the RAF then pursued a career in industrial marketing.
More recently he worked as a freelance and with innovation consultancies. Psychology degree Exeter University, Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Served as a Cambridgeshire county councilor 1993-97 and on the Police Authority. Associate of the Royal Photographic Society. Since retiring has been a newspaper columnist and produced two photo-documentary books. He is a regular contributor to a number of internet news magazines.
Check out Stuart’s book Radio Free Palestine, with Foreword by Jeff Halper. It tells the plight of the Palestinians under brutal occupation and explains to me why the Zionists who control Israel should be brought before the International Criminal Court.
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