NATO Must Address Zaporizhzhia Issue Urgently – Former Nuclear Submarine Officer Tells …

Kyiv Post | Aug 22, 2022 at 12:47 PM
  • Nico Woods, a US Naval Academy graduate, is a former nuclear submarine officer who is qualified to operate and supervise the US Navy’s most advanced nuclear reactors as a nuclear engineer.
  • If the plant workers are unable to do their job of maintaining the reactors safely and providing reliable electricity, or if the plant undergoes risk of physical destruction from military attacks, there will be a high risk of either damage to the nuclear reactor cores or possible breach of containment.
  • Tobias Ellwood and Adam Kinzinger, members of the UK and US legislative branches, respectively, have signalled that a release of radioactivity from the Zaporizhzhia NPP would be a breach of NATO’s Article 5.