STOP Ukrainian Nuclear Disaster; UN must establish DMZ at Zaporizhzhia Plant Now
STOP Ukrainian Nuclear Disaster; UN must establish DMZ at Zaporizhzhia Plant Now
Why this petition matters
This petition is brought to you by Zaporizhzhia Task Force. This task force was created in meeting organized by the Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign to raise an alarm about the dangers developing at the Russian controlled Zaporizhzhia plant. Various individuals attended, forming a working group to create and distribute this petition.
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Ukraine is warning that Russia has planted mines in the cooling pools of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)also warns that as a result of Russia destroying the Nova Kakhovka dam, the nuclear plant has about two months of water for those cooling pools. We are especially alarmed at recent reports that Russia has started removing staff and soldiers from the plant. A loss of water in the cooling pools - whether due to Russia's criminal neglect or to intentional sabotage - could result in the spent fuel rods burning. If that happens, depending on the number of spent fuel rods and how densely packed they are, the release and spread of radiation could be worse than the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986.
We must act now to stop this potential nuclear disaster which could take place at any time.
António Guterres, General Secretary of the United Nations must speak up on this issue immediately.
We call on the United Nations General Assembly to establish a demilitarized zone around the plant immediately, as they did in 1956 to halt the conflict in the Suez Canal.
We urge individuals and organizations to organize public protests to bring attention to this crisis and demand that the United Nations General Assembly act now to prevent a catastrophe.