In these worrying times Greenpeace International have produced a briefing by Jan Vande Putte (radiation protection advisor & nuclear campaigner for Greenpeace
East Asia & Greenpeace Belgium) and Shaun Burnie (senior nuclear specialist,
Greenpeace East Asia)
Ukraine has a complex and large-scale nuclear power infrastructure. It is a country with 15
operational nuclear reactors of which 9 were in operation on February 28th 2022. In addition,
the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), with its unit 4 reactor that was destroyed in 1986, is
in Ukraine. It is obvious that in a time of war, the operation of these systems are at risk of
disruption with the potential for significant, even severe consequences …… BRIEFING PDF
