The fall of the water level in the reservoir to cool the Zaporizhzhya NPP systems after the collapse of the Kakhovskaya HEPP dam could cause an explosion at the plant, which will adversely affect the residents of Kherson, Odessa and Crimea. About this “Public News Service” said military expert, former member of the UN Commission on Chemical and Biological Weapons Igor Nikulin.
“It must be understood that due to the location of the ZNPP on the banks of the Dnieper, all living things downstream will be destroyed. Kherson will become completely uninhabitable, Odessa and the western coast of the Crimea will be damaged. The expert believes that the radioactive flows will reach Bulgaria and even Turkey.
Nikulin noted that according to experts, the situation at the Zaporozhye NPP is now under control. However, the military expert pointed out that there is no definite information about how long this will remain so.
“I think we will find out in 5-6 days. And I should mention that there is a very serious possibility that the operation of the station will have to be completely stopped, because without proper cooling the reactor could explode,” he said.
6 June in Kherson It was destroyed The upper part of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. The head of the Nova Kakhovka administration, Volodymyr Leontiev, explained the reason for the shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). Ukraine blamed Russia for the incident, saying that the station was blown up from inside.
British military intelligence later discretion He concluded that the security at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and the failure of the dam were unlikely to pose a threat to the security of the facility.