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RE:RE:RE:Is Putin Deranged? He had the largest Nuclear station bombed

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I think Putin came to his, "fork in the road" where he had to make a decision as to be a Stalin or a Gorbachev and unfortunately he has taken the Stalin road.  The only comfort in any of this is knowing that Stalin too had nukes and decidied that they were too dangerous to use as a weapon.

Given Putin's age we can only hope he suffers the same fate of Stalin and dies from some kind of malady like a cerebral haeomorhage and the next guy is a little more Gorbachev.  I suppose we can always hope that his Oligarch buddies will tire of Borscht and Vodka and plot to knock him off but the crafty little ex-KGB agent might be too smart to be gotten too.

In the meantime I think the NATO countries will have no choice but to fully oppose him and impose a full embargo on Russia and Belarus which will result in very high North American oil and gas demand and pipeline use.  If Enbridge's pipes capacitiy is not maxed out now, it soon will be.

Go Enbridge! ;-) 

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The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant generates about 20% of Ukraine's electricity

From CNN's Travis Caldwell and Steve Almasy

Early Friday, Ukrainian officials reported a fire at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Here's what we know about the facility:

Where is the plant? It's located in the city of Enerhodar, southeastern Ukraine, some 70 miles (112 kilometers) from the city of Zaporizhzhia. Six power units are in operation at the facility, with the first coming online in 1984, according to Energoatom, Ukraine’s nuclear power operator.  

How much power does it generate? The plant generates 40-42 billion kWh, which accounts for one-fifth of the average annual electricity production in Ukraine and almost 47% of electricity generated by Ukrainian nuclear power plants.  

The plant has capabilities “for continuous radiation monitoring of the nuclear power plant industrial site, the sanitary protection and 30-kilometers radiation control zones,” according to Energoatom. There is also a dry storage facility onsite for spent fuel. 

What's the biggest concern? National security analyst Joe Cirincione told CNN he was “very concerned” about the blaze." There are multiple ways this could get very terrible very quick,” he said.

He warned the plant could see a nuclear meltdown if the electricity or plumbing to the facility get cut off. Cirincione added that if the Russian military wants to take the plant offline, they should capture the facility rather than physically attack due to the dangers involved. 

“If those fuel rods are still in the reactor and you cut off the electricity, then you're cutting off the cooling system that controls the reaction and you'll be unleashing an uncontrollable nuclear chain reaction in that facility. You will have a meltdown,” he said. 

But we don't know enough yet: Nuclear policy expert Graham Allison told CNN that "not all fires at a power plant have catastrophic consequences." A disaster would depend on where the fire is located, whether staff are able to take the appropriate measures, and several other factors — including how many reactors were impacted, he said.

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant seen on July 9, 2019. (Dmytro Smolyenko/Future Publishing/Getty Images)

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Ukraine tells IAEA essential equipment was not affected at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

From CNN's Akanksha Sharma

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a tweet on Friday that “essential” equipment at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant site has not been affected by the fire, according to Ukrainian authorities.

It added that the “plant personnel (are) taking mitigatory actions.”

Earlier on Friday, Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant spokesperson Andrii Tuz also told CNN that the plant has not sustained any critical damage.