Workers Maintain 13-Day Rotations At Nuclear Site
Staff members are working 13-day consecutive shifts to monitor a destroyed nuclear reactor. The rotation is necessary because radioactive substances continue to emit radiation due to long half-lives. A drone attack in February 2025 previously damaged the reactor's protective shielding, leaving debris in the courtyard. Workers must remain on-site to ensure radiation safety standards are maintained. A strike on the storage of 16,000 spent fuel elements could trigger a nuclear chain reaction. Air defense personnel remain on constant alert in abandoned buildings within the exclusion zone. Workers must maintain high concentration during overnight shifts to respond to potential aerial threats. Concerns regarding Russian strikes in the radioactively contaminated area are increasing.
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SWR Aktuell
“Oleksander and his colleagues work here for up to 13 days in a row. If we leave these plants, radiation safety standards will not be met and the situation will only worsen.”
SWR Aktuell
“A hit on the storage for spent fuel elements, where more than 16,000 elements are currently stored, could create conditions for a nuclear chain reaction.”
SWR Aktuell
“Man darf nicht eine Minute lang unnachtsam sein, denn jeden Moment kann etwas vorbeifliegen oder vorbeirauschen und man muss schnell handeln.”
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