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I'm worried Russia will cause an "accident" at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine in order to make nuclear less popular with the EU public, and keep the EU depend

I'm worried Russia will cause an "accident" at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine in order to make nuclear less popular with the EU public, and keep the EU dependant on oil. I definitely wouldn't put it past them, considering all the war crimes they have committed so far.

BonoboIO 4y ago
But nuclear is safe /s
- Jensson 4y ago
  They could just load up tons of nuclear waste in planes and sprinkle it over Ukraine to cause the same kind of damage, having a nuclear powerplant lying around in no way makes it easier to cause those disasters. Terrorists doesn't target nuclear powerplants since bombing one doesn't do much, plenty of nuclear plants has been attacked to date and you didn't know since it doesn't cause any significant damage. Main damage from bombing a nuclear plant is that people die from the bombs and areas lose electricity.
  - goodpoint 4y ago
    > Terrorists doesn't target nuclear powerplants since bombing one doesn't do much On the contrary. Even if there is no radiation leak it can cause a panic, which is exactly what terrorist want More importantly, nuclear is the most CENTRALIZED power generation. Destroying transformers or power lines around a plant is easy and leaves millions without electricity. Unlike distributed power generation, like solar and wind.
  - _ph_ 4y ago
    The thing is, Russia is trying to blame a possible blow up on the Ukrainians. That is their motivation to set it off instead of sprinkling nuclear waste or using nuclear war heads. Never mind all the damage they created around Chernobyl, though mostly contaminating their own troups by camping and digging in the highly contaminated forests around the former power plant. They also destroyed a lot of scientific labs which were controlling the power plant. By the way: Medvedjev made some pretty specific threads against German power plants.
_ph_ 4y ago
Me too, especially as that would give Putin a reason to withdraw the troups from the contaminated Ukraine. Considering all the explosions which have been reported around the Saporischschja plant, I am really afraid.

BonoboIO 4y ago

But nuclear is safe /s

Jensson 4y ago
They could just load up tons of nuclear waste in planes and sprinkle it over Ukraine to cause the same kind of damage, having a nuclear powerplant lying around in no way makes it easier to cause those disasters. Terrorists doesn't target nuclear powerplants since bombing one doesn't do much, plenty of nuclear plants has been attacked to date and you didn't know since it doesn't cause any significant damage. Main damage from bombing a nuclear plant is that people die from the bombs and areas lose electricity.
- goodpoint 4y ago
  > Terrorists doesn't target nuclear powerplants since bombing one doesn't do much On the contrary. Even if there is no radiation leak it can cause a panic, which is exactly what terrorist want More importantly, nuclear is the most CENTRALIZED power generation. Destroying transformers or power lines around a plant is easy and leaves millions without electricity. Unlike distributed power generation, like solar and wind.
- _ph_ 4y ago
  The thing is, Russia is trying to blame a possible blow up on the Ukrainians. That is their motivation to set it off instead of sprinkling nuclear waste or using nuclear war heads. Never mind all the damage they created around Chernobyl, though mostly contaminating their own troups by camping and digging in the highly contaminated forests around the former power plant. They also destroyed a lot of scientific labs which were controlling the power plant. By the way: Medvedjev made some pretty specific threads against German power plants.

_ph_ 4y ago

Me too, especially as that would give Putin a reason to withdraw the troups from the contaminated Ukraine. Considering all the explosions which have been reported around the Saporischschja plant, I am really afraid.