happen again they can botch it up in an attempt to take over a plant, not cap the power supply you will remember it was not the plant s containment vessel initially ruptured, it was that it lost power. and that cause problems. within the plant itself. and then separately but no one ever talks about are spent fuel ponds. what i mean by that? when the plant operates it generates a really toxic brew of hot radioactive waste is going to be disposed of. but it is too hot to handle said distort on-site in these ponds until it cools down and then they can dispose of it. will that facility does not have a protective container around it. it is not subject to all the sorts of things the reactor has protecting it. and it depends on energy too. so if they screw that up and knock that out you can get this a terrible result that i have described. in addition, offices are taking
been able to communicate with theirfamilies, haven t had been able to communicate with their families, haven t had a shift change since thursday, operating under duress, it is a recipe for disaster. you can t shut them down and we understand that several of the actors at this site are shut down but however that has consequences stopping number one you are now cutting off electric supply through ukraine which is dangerous in itself and second, even when you shut it down it is still dangerous. as fuel rods don t turn off like a lightbulb, they are a hot for months or days so you have to keep the coolant either in the reactor or the fuel ponds which are also at the site, unprotected, no containment, no protection whatsoever. if that coolant system breaks down, if you stop pumping the water in, or if an artillery shell hits one of the spent fuel ponds than you are looking at those reactor rods quickly super heating and melting down. that is how you get a meltdown, that is how you get a mel
at normal levels and things had been stabilised that this is still a very dangerous situation. stabilised that this is still a very dangerous situation. yes, indeed, it is. and i dangerous situation. yes, indeed, it is- and i think dangerous situation. yes, indeed, it is. and i think this dangerous situation. yes, indeed, it is. and i think this is dangerous situation. yes, indeed, it is. and i think this is an is. and i think this is an unprecedented situation. they have been great fears about the sorts of things happening over many years during the cold war and it was one of the scenarios discussed later on after 9/11 and the spent fuel ponds were mostly reinforced with covers. and they were reinforcements of the protection containment facilities for the reactors. they have been designed mostly to withstand a plane crash, but to withstand a missile attack may not entirely work. we are not clear either as to whether or not clear either as to whether or not this was a deliberat
spent fuel a pond. if the water evaporates, it is not possible to keep it cool. if they are physically able to top up the water, they can prevent a serious accident happening here. that is more problematic at the other nuclear plants, because the other nuclear plants, because the spent fuel in those spent fuel ponds are considerably younger and less peeled off than they should noble fuel. less peeled off than they should noble fuel- noble fuel. also, presumably, another factor noble fuel. also, presumably, another factor is noble fuel. also, presumably, another factor is the - noble fuel. also, presumably, another factor is the security i noble fuel. also, presumably, i another factor is the security and stability of the place itself. to what degree are at the russians cooperating with nuclear agencies to ensure that the site as a whole is not exposed to increased risk? it is not exposed to increased risk? it is not exactly not exposed to increased risk? it is not exactly clear
and here you have these operators operating at gunpoint under the command of a russian military officer who knows nothing about nuclear power plants. haven t been able to communicate with theirfamilies. haven t had a shift change since thursday. 0perating under duress. it is a recipe for disaster. you cannot shut them down. and we understand that several reactors at this site are shut down but, however, that has consequences. number one, you are now cutting off electrical supply for ukraine which is dangerous in itself. and second, even when you shut it down, it is still dangerous. those fuel rods don t turn off like a light bulb. they stay hot for months or days. you have to cool it either in the reactor or in the fuel ponds which are also at the site, unprotected, no containment, no protection whatsoever, if that coolant system breaks down, if you stop pumping the water in, if artllery shell hits