Nuclear stations in Russia-Ukraine war provide warnings for

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Nuclear stations in Russia-Ukraine war provide warnings for Canada

EXCERPT: "The legacy of strikes on nuclear sites has made evident that nuclear power plants and waste disposal sites could become targets in conflict zones.

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The Bruce Nuclear Generating Station near Kincardine, Ont. Natural Resources Canada can learn from the attacks on Kursk and on Ukraine’s own Zaporizhian nuclear power plant, writes Erika Simpson. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Chuck Szmurlo

Opinion | BY ERIKA SIMPSON | September 2, 2024

Rafael Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency says he will visit the Kursk nuclear power station in south-west Russia this week. He is taking “very seriously” the risk that the facility could be damaged during Ukraine’s incursion into the region.

The nuclear station is situated about 40 kilometres west of the city of Kursk, home to about 500,000 people. The station has two active reactors, two decommissioned older units, and two partly built ones. The two operating reactors have no protective dome. “It’s a Chernobyl-type plant,” Grossi said, with the reactor core “totally exposed.” . . . . "

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