People are claiming a nuclear reactor in Ukraine is on fire, that radiation levels around the plant are elevated, and that it could be worse than Chernobyl, BUT NONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE TRUE & SHOULD BE CONSIDERED MISINFO
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Here's what we know & don't know
Listen to below Space
Here's what we know & don't know
https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1499552908886482952
First, we know that the reactor WAS NOT AND IS NOT on fire
There was a fire at an employee training building and was nowhere near the reactors or any other safety-related system
There was a fire at an employee training building and was nowhere near the reactors or any other safety-related system
https://twitter.com/energybants/status/1499557421324415014?s=20&t=-LSbzVsRBOnodK7BJ8_bWg
Second, we know that RADIATION LEVELS ARE NOT ELEVATED
The great thing about radiation is that it is so easy to detect
The plant, like all nuclear plants, is INDEPENDENTLY MONITORED and tracked in real time
The great thing about radiation is that it is so easy to detect
The plant, like all nuclear plants, is INDEPENDENTLY MONITORED and tracked in real time
https://twitter.com/iaeaorg/status/1499562515340177416?s=20&t=arrSlD2f3WQOk0bK3DS_VQ
Third, THERE IS NO WAY THIS COULD BE WORSE THAN CHERNOBYL
There is no evidence of ANY damage to the containment domes much less the reactors
And Chernobyl had no containment domes, had explosive fire, and melted fuel was exposed to the air
forbes.com/sites/michaels…
There is no evidence of ANY damage to the containment domes much less the reactors
And Chernobyl had no containment domes, had explosive fire, and melted fuel was exposed to the air
forbes.com/sites/michaels…
Ukraine's Foreign Minister is actively spreading misinformation that should be flagged by Twitter
https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1499556779448930304?s=20&t=c5UmCbZqpMygcOVcjzScSw
Update: it appears that the fire was at an administrative building not just a training building
Again, the administrative building is NOWHERE NEAR the reactors or the steam generator or turbine building
It was in a lower-security part of the site
Again, the administrative building is NOWHERE NEAR the reactors or the steam generator or turbine building
It was in a lower-security part of the site
Here's what we know about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in question
There are six relatively new Generation III reactors
None have lost coolant or are melting
It would take days for reactors to melt after the loss of coolant, and that's not happening
There are six relatively new Generation III reactors
None have lost coolant or are melting
It would take days for reactors to melt after the loss of coolant, and that's not happening
All the reactors have high quality containment
Units (reactors) 1 & 2 were shut down in the last few hours
Units 5 & 6 shut down last week
We have heard that unit 3 or 4 might not be operating but we don't know
Units (reactors) 1 & 2 were shut down in the last few hours
Units 5 & 6 shut down last week
We have heard that unit 3 or 4 might not be operating but we don't know
Additional confirmation that there has been no elevated radiation
https://twitter.com/phildstewart/status/1499566442609614850?s=20&t=NzoK2sdjLAOJTP3grNxBFw
Like most everyone else, I am very sympathetic to the Ukrainians defending their homeland
However, Ukraine's leaders appear to be using the firefight at the nuclear power plant as a way to generate panic
However, Ukraine's leaders appear to be using the firefight at the nuclear power plant as a way to generate panic
https://twitter.com/energybants/status/1499573995657646106?s=20&t=NzoK2sdjLAOJTP3grNxBFw
There is a report that the British PM @BorisJohnson has falsely claimed plant could "now directly threaten the safety of Europe"
That's simply false and dangerous fear-mongering
That's simply false and dangerous fear-mongering
https://twitter.com/emmamurphyitv/status/1499576286741774337?s=20&t=NzoK2sdjLAOJTP3grNxBFw
Chernobyl didn't "threaten the safety of all of Europe" and there's no way this plant could
forbes.com/sites/michaels…
forbes.com/sites/michaels…
US @energy @SecGranholm has confirmed:
- no elevated radiation
- robust containment
- no elevated radiation
- robust containment
https://twitter.com/SecGranholm/status/1499577622417666048
The implication that the Russians might put bombs under the Ukraine nuclear plant is bizarre & unhinged fear-mongering
https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1499576621283840000
A lot of people are like, "Putin is really bad and therefore he's suicidal and wants to irradiate his troops and Moscow"
That's stupid
Putin thought he needed to invade Ukraine to save Russia, not to kill Russia
A nuclear meltdown UNDERMINES HIS OCCUPATION
That's stupid
Putin thought he needed to invade Ukraine to save Russia, not to kill Russia
A nuclear meltdown UNDERMINES HIS OCCUPATION
Putin has plotted for decades to reconstruct a larger Russia
The invasion of Ukraine is a very important piece in that plan
He doesn't want to have deal with a meltdown.
Like all invaders, Putin wants things to get back to normal as quickly as possible.
Think people
The invasion of Ukraine is a very important piece in that plan
He doesn't want to have deal with a meltdown.
Like all invaders, Putin wants things to get back to normal as quickly as possible.
Think people
Everyone is right to be outraged and horrified by Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine, but it's a very bad mistake to let your emotions cloud your judgement into thinking "Putin's just crazy!!!!" — that's dumb, and wrong
"Cruel/bad/evil" and "crazy/irrational" are not the same!
"Cruel/bad/evil" and "crazy/irrational" are not the same!
Look how long Putin has been plotting this: *decades*
https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1499386637066727424?s=20&t=c5UmCbZqpMygcOVcjzScSw
Hate Putin?
Then don't be panicked, hysterical, and irrational
Read, think, and learn about energy
It's the key to understanding why Putin wasn't afraid of invading Ukraine
And it's the key to protecting our liberal democratic societies
bariweiss.substack.com/p/the-wests-gr…
Then don't be panicked, hysterical, and irrational
Read, think, and learn about energy
It's the key to understanding why Putin wasn't afraid of invading Ukraine
And it's the key to protecting our liberal democratic societies
bariweiss.substack.com/p/the-wests-gr…
"This moment deserves nothing less than the deepest fear."
Sorry, but no
"Fear is the mind-killer
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration." — @dunemovie
Sorry, but no
"Fear is the mind-killer
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration." — @dunemovie
https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1499555138322804772?s=20&t=zZ2hXeh-9GT-KH5m3RuFJw
It's fine to feel fear — we must
But we must not be in the grip of it
@GretaThunberg said, "I don't want you to have hope, I want you to panic"
Panic means "unthinking behavior or action"
We should not wish panic on our enemies
It's too dangerous
But we must not be in the grip of it
@GretaThunberg said, "I don't want you to have hope, I want you to panic"
Panic means "unthinking behavior or action"
We should not wish panic on our enemies
It's too dangerous
Look at what happened to Ukraine
Is anything worse than the combination of panic and wishful thinking?
They are, at bottom, why the West failed to deter Russia from invading Ukraine
Climate & anti-nuclear panic & utopian renewables delusions
Is anything worse than the combination of panic and wishful thinking?
They are, at bottom, why the West failed to deter Russia from invading Ukraine
Climate & anti-nuclear panic & utopian renewables delusions
https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1498693978446729219?s=20&t=mzWZV0PdttmJh7ONv_StsQ
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