'There's a lot of fear being generated - mainly by the Russians - that a nuclear accident is possible'. Security and Defence Analyst Professor Michael Clarke has the latest on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant👇 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233
earlier this year identified 381 separate incidents in which Ukrainian schools, universities, orphanages and nurseries were damaged or destroyed in the first year of the war.
As Ukraine and Russia continue to accuse each other of planning to cause an explosion or other incident at the nuclear power plant in eastern Ukraine, it raises questions about what would happen if such a blast did occur. Because the reactors were shut down months ago, Professor Shwageraus told Sky News, the most dangerous fission product that was being produced - iodine-131 - has now decayed to safe levels.dangerous to humans when encountered.
Russian officials said Ukraine had targeted residential buildings, with one person killed and 38 injured in the attack. Risk of nuclear disaster at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant 'very low', expert saysDr Mark Wenman, reader in nuclear materials at Imperial College London, said the design of the building and steps already taken to cool down the fuel reduced the risks, even if reports saying explosives are on the roof of reactors were true.
It would take a very concerted effort to damage the containment building, according to Dr Wenman, and even if it was, the most notable isotope of concern to humans, iodine-131,"has all gone due to the time elapsed since the reactors were operational".Fighting rages near Bakhmut - as both sides give conflicting reports
Today's question comes from Howie, who asks:"The counteroffensive seems a little underwhelming so far - given some of the noises out of Ukraine about the difficulty of taking land back, have our expectations been too high and could we see little change this year? Or is there more to come?"Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Ukrainian military forces have proven incredibly resilient against what should - at least on paper - have been a superior Russian force.
However, the widespread press coverage of Mr Zelenskyy's diplomatic efforts means that Russia has had time to prepare defences against any major Ukrainian offensive; they have established hundreds of kilometres of layered defences, including anti-tank ditches, so-called dragon's teeth and mines.
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