“Due to power surges, the New Safe Confinement — the key structure that isolates the destroyed 4th reactor of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and prevents the release of radioactive materials into the environment — was left without electricity,” the Energy Ministry said.
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cmbabul@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Someone smarter then me tell me why this is hopefully much worse than it sounds
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
It’s fucked, the best I can do is to say that there isn’t immediate threat of the radioactive materials getting out unless the older Shelter Structure collapses and that forces the materials out with New Safe Confinement not being able to prevent it since it was already damaged by Russian drone earlier in the war.
HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I cant say I have any intelligence, but it is my uneducated understanding power disruptions to the new safe confinement should be fine? It means they cant detect new problems, but the main confinement is made of concrete? and doesn’t “need” power?
Now, power cut to the active nuclear power plant, which seems to also be noted in this article, well, nuclear power plants need power to keep cool, and hearing a nuclear power plant relying on failing diesel generators to prevent a meltdown…or worse, that is concerning.