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Originally Posted by MTVN

BBC:

But in a statement issued on Wednesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sought to calm fears.

"Due to time elapsed since the 1986 Chernobyl accident, the heat load of the spent fuel storage pool and the volume of cooling water contained in the pool is sufficient to maintain effective heat removal without the need for electrical supply."

Meanwhile, radiation levels around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant - the largest in Europe - and which was seized by Russian forces last week, are said to be normal.

Repairs are being carried out on a block damaged by fighting, Petro Kotin, the head of state nuclear firm Energoatom, said.

the biggest problem from Chernobyl was radioactive dust. Providing that stays sealed, there will be little to no exposure

The other nuclear plant is much more modern and has many more safety features. The biggest one being that there is no dust in the process, so even if there were a leak, it wouldnt disperse radiation the way Chernobyl did in the 80's.


Just as an aside, if nukes were fired off, once you get outside the blast zone, the biggest issue is radioactive dust and that can be maximised if it an in air explosion rather than a ground explosion