On Wednesday, the Russian president ordered Russia’s seizure of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. Attila Aszodi, the former government commissioner in charge of the expansion of the Pax nuclear power plant, commented on the news of Spirit FM’s Actual program, saying, “The whole case is very worrying, they are stealing a nuclear power plant on foot, which has never happened before.”
They will argue for a long time about the whole process, because this is one of the annexed territories, although you can also see in the news that it is not clear where the boundaries of the annexed territories lie, the legal basis for this will be disputed by Ukraine, and the international community will not He accepts it, added the specialist, who sees that the big question is how this can be achieved in the well-established international framework.
No one will admit it
“From the point of view of nuclear safety licensing, this situation is also very hot, as there are international regulations on whether operating conditions are available or not. As of Tuesday evening, the facility was definitely under the control of Ukrainian nuclear safety and operating in accordance with the license issued by the Ukrainian nuclear safety,” Atilla Aszodi explained. Ukrainian Nuclear Safety Authority.
He added that the Ukrainians will not recognize that Russia annexed this area and the power plant, but if we accept this, it will follow that the Russian authorities will have to take control. In this regard, the Russian presidential decree issued on Wednesday stipulates that permits issued for the power plant and employees, that is, Ukrainian permits, are valid until 2028.
It is a completely absurd situation that Russia now accepts until 2028 the permits previously issued by Ukraine, either for the facility or its workers.
The specialist confirmed. Atila Aswadi added that the operators are in an uncertain situation, according to the rules of international law, and Russia does not have jurisdiction in the region at the moment, and this ambiguity in itself violates the basic principles.
attack on europe
Europe was attacked: the specialist immediately wrote, relating this to what happened in Nord Stream ATV.
“This is energy infrastructure in Europe, and it’s very important basic infrastructure, and this infrastructure is under attack. We don’t know who carried out this attack, and whatever direction the attack came from, but it is clear that if an explosion occurred in four different places and led to Disrupting Nord Stream’s line pair, it must have been a deliberate and coordinated attack.” – The power engineer expressed his opinion, adding that
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He explained that the more time Europe spends with the amount of Russian natural gas imports declining, the more it is willing to expose itself to Russian natural gas imports again in the future as little as possible.
(Cover photo: Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant on September 1, 2022. Photo: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)
