Since the beginning of the occupation of the largest plant in Europe, russia has begun unprecedented pressure on nuclear employees who refused to defect to the enemy’s side and sign worthless “contracts” with rosatom.
About five thousand specialists were able to leave the temporarily occupied Energodar, and NNEGC “Energoatom” is taking care of their employment in other subdivisions of the Company. However, it is known about at least 13 Zaporizhzhia NPP employees who have been deprived of liberty by the occupiers in the temporarily occupied territory.
Seven of them were “sentenced” to imprisonment; three are still in prison awaiting fake verdicts. The fate of the three other employees remains unknown – they are considered missing. Also, at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the russians tortured to death the ZNPP diver Andrii Honcharuk.
The decision to leave is not easy, but staying in conditions of threat, without legal protection, under the supervision of the military is even more dangerous.
At the same time, the invaders continue to use the Zaporizhzhia NPP as a military base. Military vehicles are parked inside the turbine halls of the power units, and explosive weapons are stored there. The plant equipment is increasingly degrading, and there is no safe scenario for restarting the ZNPP.
All illegally imprisoned nuclear employees must be immediately released from russian captivity.
The Zaporizhzhia NPP must immediately be transferred to the control of its legal operator, Energoatom, and russia must withdraw its militaries and military equipment from the plant. This is the only way to restore nuclear and radiation safety for the entire continent!
