6 months ago
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Firing shells or military ordinance in the area of a nuclear power plant violates the fundamental principle that the physical integrity of nuclear facilities must be maintained and kept safe at all times. A brutal war fought amid nuclear reactors represents an unprecedented and highly dangerous situation.
No nuclear complex on earth is designed to withstand a military onslaught. Any assault could lead to a meltdown and huge releases of a cocktail of atomic debris.
Nations in combat must realise that nuclear power plants are defined as “installations containing dangerous forces under International Humanitarian Law and should never be attacked”.
Any nuclear reactor that loses its cooling capacity results in uncontrolled radioactive releases into the environment. It must be made clear to all nations that attacking nuclear power plants is against The Geneva Convention.
We have destroyed the undertaking of The Atoms For Peace programme by blatantly and brazenly attacking a product of man's ingenuity. Amid brutal scenes of devastation, let sanity prevail.
Farouk Araie, Benoni
