In response to the ongoing shelling of nuclear power plants in Ukraine, which could lead to a serious accident, a research group made up of domestic experts in nuclear power and other fields has launched a new plan to protect nuclear facilities during wartime. I proposed the creation of a mechanism.
In Ukraine, Europe's largest Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has been occupied by the Russian army, and there are concerns that serious accidents will occur at nuclear facilities, such as the frequent interruption of the external power supply necessary for cooling the reactor due to shelling. increase.
For this reason, the IAEA = International Atomic Energy Agency has been discussing with both Russia and Ukraine to set a safe area around the nuclear power plant, but it has not been realized.
On the 24th, one year after the start of the invasion, a research group made up of experts in domestic nuclear power and international law announced a proposal for creating a new mechanism to protect nuclear facilities during wartime.
The recommendations include:
▽The IAEA should hold discussions with the warring states and neighboring countries to build a system to protect nuclear facilities
; It includes a total ban on attacks on all nuclear facilities, and calls for Japan to lead the discussion.
Tatsujiro Suzuki, deputy director of the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition at Nagasaki University, who serves as chairman of the research group, said, "Japan, which has experienced the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, has a responsibility to convey to the world the importance of protecting nuclear facilities. There is."