Concern has been raised around the world following today’s announcement by the Ukrainian Energy Company (Ukrenergo) about blackout at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the 48-hour deadline given to rectify the power supply problem, so that the cooling of the reactors through the generators that have been put into operation does not stop. If this happens, then it is possible that radioactive substances will escape from the nuclear power plant and be released into the atmosphere, creating conditions similar to those of 1986.
“Neither we nor the other European authorities can know what can happen after 48 hours. This is because if -‘s not true – an accident happens, the parameters that will affect the consequences that can be caused, are too many. First of all, Chernobyl is not an active factory like the one in Zaporizhia. A power failure is a spent fuel storage tank. In this context we must say that an active plant behaves differently, a reactor in a cooling process behaves differently. So all the elements should be taken into account. “From how long a fire burns, to where the wind blows,” he says characteristically in GRTimesthe head of International Public Relations of the Hellenic Atomic Energy Committee, Panagiota Founta.
The latter also adds that at least for now the situation is not a cause for concern. “There is information in all the global bodies that there is no increase in the levels of radioactivity. Not in Greece, not even in Ukraine. “
The telemetry system in full operation
The head of International Public Relations of the GAEC, speaking about whether our country can be immediately aware of the existence of a nuclear accident, essentially avoiding delays due to the existence of the war such as those that occurred in 1986 through the fault of the USSR, said that “Greece has a telemetric system in full operation, so that if there is the slightest rise in radioactivity in the atmosphere to inform us immediately. We rely too much on this, as well as on the telemetry that the Ukrainians have. “Both systems have not shown any increase so far.”
Greece’s plan updated in case of an accident
According to what was mentioned in the recent announcement of the Hellenic Atomic Energy Committee, but also what Ms. Fountain at GRTimes, GAEC in collaboration with the General Secretariat for Civil Protection “has prepared a fully updated emergency plan” due to a serious accident at a nuclear facility abroad “as our country does not have such facilities. This plan can be read by anyone from the website of GAEC and it provides all the steps that must be followed in case of an accident “.
Also asked about the worst-case scenario that could develop in Ukraine with the war in full swing, the GAEC official stressed without hesitation: “There is no worse scenario than the existence of a nuclear accident, which is never unlikely to happen. happen, not only in time of war but even in peace. You know, Fukushima has taught us many lessons. Technology has advanced, but it is impossible to predict when and where an accident may occur. It is logical that there should be strong concern in Ukraine, just as it is logical that all the eyes of the world community are on it. “Equally important, however, is the prevailing composure and the hope that the fears will not be confirmed,” concluded Ms. Tassel in GRTimes.
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