Considerations on the Resilience and Potential Risks of the Zaporizhzhia NPP Against Drone Attacks Prof. Dr. Attila Aszódi Thirty-eight years ago, on 26 April 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, the largest nuclear accident in history, occurred in the then-Soviet Union, now Ukraine. The accident attracted enormous attention and its serious consequences have become…
Westinghouse and Energoatom, A Week Full Of Achievements A week rich in milestones and agreements for Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) and Ukraine’s state operator Energoatom. On 11 September 2023, for the first time, Westinghouse fuel was loaded into a VVER-440 reactor at the Rivne nuclear power plant. The supply of fuel assemblies for the…
The Destruction Of The Kakhovka Dam May Have Made It Impossible To Restart ZNPP For A Longer Period Prof. Dr. Attila Aszódi As extensively covered by international news reports, the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River, located some 120 km south-west downstream from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), exploded at dawn on 6 June…
Global Nuclear Community Backs IAEA Call For Safety Zone At Zaporizhzhya NPP Representatives of nuclear industry trade associations and professional societies have issued the following statement regarding the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine: A nuclear safety and security protection zone should be established immediately around Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, as recommended by the…
ENS Experts Explain Risks At ZNPP And Call For Urgent De-escalation The European Nuclear Society (ENS) is deeply concerned about the events ongoing in Ukraine, and already joined the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in condemning once again the attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, demanding an end to further hostilities at any nuclear…
Global Nuclear Community Calls For Immediate IAEA Access To Zaporizhzhya NPP Representatives of nuclear industry trade associations and professional societies have issued the following statement regarding the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should be granted immediate, unconditional, and unrestricted access to Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant to assess the…
ENS Supports IAEA’s Condemnation Of Attacks On Zaporizhzya NPP Deeply concerned by the events ongoing in Ukraine, the European Nuclear Society (ENS) joins the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in condemning once again the attacks on the Zaporizhzya nuclear power plant, demanding an end to further hostilities at any nuclear energy facility, and decrying any…
Westinghouse Starts AP1000® Plant License Process in Ukraine Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) has signed a new contract with Energoatom, Ukraine’s national nuclear power company, to provide AP1000® plant technical information in support of Energoatom’s feasibility study update for the construction of two AP1000 reactors at the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The…
Statement On The Conflict In Ukraine From The World’s Nuclear Energy Workers 04 April 2022 Deeply concerned by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the exposure of nuclear facilities to fighting and worrying public rhetoric, the undersigned scientists, engineers and professionals of the nuclear energy sector, represented by the American and European Nuclear Society: Recognise the…
ENS Expert Explains Radiation Protection In Emergency Cases Prof. Dr. Attila Aszodi (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary) explains in his blog what to do in the event of a nuclear or radiological accident causing a significant release of radioactive material. In recent days, following the start of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the Russian invasion of…