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They didn't actually fire missiles at the power plant. Instead a building on the premises that is not near the reactors was hit. If this was due to the Russians
by gregwebs 5y ago
They didn't actually fire missiles at the power plant. Instead a building on the premises that is not near the reactors was hit. If this was due to the Russians firing carelessly at the Ukranians then I agree there is some danger the projectile could have landed somewhere else and created actual risk of a nuclear accident.
- gregwebs 5y agoThere is better information on this now: https://www.npr.org/2022/03/11/1085427380/ukraine-nuclear-power-plant-zaporizhzhia https://www.npr.org/2022/03/11/1085427380/ukraine-nuclear-po... It does seem there was very careless firing by the Russians that was targeted at Ukranians. They don't seem to have been targeting the plant in any way, but their firing could have easily damaged the plant further if the Ukranians had taken position deeper inside it. It doesn't seem there was any danger of breaching the nuclear reactor itself, but there was danger of destroying the subsystems required for safe operation of the reactor. Obviously Russia is the one starting a war and being careless here, but it also does seem Ukraine should not station troops inside a nuclear facility but instead maintain their troops a good distance away from it.