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Dangerous forces: the protection of nuclear power plants in armed conflict
Published 3 years, 10 months ago
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As the international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine drags on, the international community continues to sound the alarm about the significant risks of a nuclear reactor accident as a result of protracted fighting around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant – the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and among the ten largest in the world.
In this post, ICRC Legal Advisers Abby Zeith and Eirini Giorgou take a closer look at the limits imposed by international humanitarian law (IHL) to protect works and installations containing dangerous forces – such as nuclear electrical generating stations – against the danger of hostilities, and what is at stake.
Read the full blog post here: https://blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy/2022/10/18/protection-nuclear-power-plants-armed-conflict/