Ukraine's Hydrometeorological Center shares new scenario predicting radiation contamination after possible future accident at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Ukraine's Hydrometeorological Center wrote about this on Facebook. 

The study found that if an accident had occurred at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on September 4, radioactive contamination would have affected southern Ukraine, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Romania.

"The result of simulation of the conditional emission at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power starting at 17:33 (Kyiv) on September 4, 2022 with a duration of 15 hours shows that air masses on September 4 can transport emissions to the south over the territory of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, and throughout the territory of the temporarily Russia-occupied Crimea. After passing over the Black Sea, the air masses will begin to move westward to the territory of Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Romania," the message reads.

For example, in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, emissions would pass through a rather narrow band, researchers assure. The situation could be the same in the central part of the temporarily Russia-occupied Crimea.

Currently, no increases in the radiation background have been recorded in these territories.