Live updates: Chernobyl site knocked off power grid

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Live updates: Chernobyl site knocked off power grid

By The Associated Press
6 minutes ago

The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war:

LVIV, Ukraine —Ukrainian authorities say the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, has been knocked off the power grid. Emergency generators are now supplying backup power.

The state communications agency says the outage could put systems for cooling nuclear material at risk.

The cause of the damage to the power line serving Chernobyl was not immediately clear, but it comes amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The site has been under control of Russian troops since last week.

Ukrainian grid operator Ukrenerho said that according to the national nuclear regulator, all Chernobyl facilities are without power and the diesel generators have fuel for 48 hours. Without power the “parameters of nuclear and radiation safety” cannot be controlled, it said.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-business-nato-evacuations-cd8d100194423e647d07e4d6c226acbc

[spanone]

1. Just saw that on msnbc. Good God.

[femmedem]

2. Thank you. I saw this on Twitter a few hours ago but hadn't yet seen it from a source I trusted.

I was so hoping this wasn't true.

[dalton99a]

3. Goddamn crazy motherfucker

[Irish_Dem]

4. Putin did this deliberately? Chernobyl site is under the control of RU soldiers.

[Submariner]

5. Putin wants us to get used to a radiation leakage scenario

to soften us up, so that we won't be as surprised when he detonates a battle field nuke artillery shell to kill hundreds.

[dalton99a]

6. +1. Putin wants to normalize nuclear war.

[gab13by13]

12. It will only be normalized one time.

[BComplex]

7. Someone needs to stop this mad man. We need to nuke his bunker NOW.

And put the asshole out of our misery. Can anonymous hack his location and we can just bomb the shit out of putin?

[Chainfire]

8. Perhaps Putin wants to use the plant as a nuclear weapon with "plausible deniability."

Maybe it is time to tell Putin That if, through action or inaction, he lets or causes, radiation escape from the site, that they will consider it an act of war against all of Europe, and that NATO will respond accordingly.

[area51]

21. +1 n/t

[gab13by13]

9. This should be front page news.

Chernobyl is pretty close to Russia and the prevailing wind blows toward Russia. Putin doesn't give a damn about the unwashed, be they Ukrainian or Russian.

[Travel Hat]

11. Just went on Windy.com

Bad news. The prevailing winds for the next week are predicted to go south south west towards Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey. With also a current braking towards Poland and Germany.

[Emile]

10. Jesus,

[Roc2020]

15. Exactly.

[superpatriotman]

13. Kicked

This could be very, very bad.

[czarjak]

14. JFC!

[AlexSFCA]

16. what if putin is truly terminally ill with bowel cancer

and he now wants to destroy whole world with him.

[HUAJIAO]

17. According to the IAEA, the situation is safe. electricity is not needed.

Lost the link.. somewhere here on DU.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

18. I

I heard that on CNN. I would like to to hear other nuclear agencies/experts as well to get more takes on it.

[gay texan]

19. Gut feeling is telling me

That Putin is using this as a fucked up bargaining chip.

[wnylib]

20. If Russia is willing to create nuclear radiation

in Europe, then we might as well send those planes to Ukraine since he is already using nuclear energy.