「譴責俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭引發核污染威脅」

2022.3.6

強烈譴責俄羅斯在入侵烏克蘭戰爭中引發核汙染的巨大風險與危機，核能與放射性廢棄物本就具有危險性，因武裝衝突讓危險更為增加，日前車諾比核災場址遭到俄羅斯佔領，在核災污染區的軍事行動，已經引發全球對於輻射污染擴散的憂慮，烏克蘭國境內有15座核電廠及相關設施，都可能成為攻擊目標，事實上，3月3日上午位於烏克蘭南部的扎波羅熱核電廠（Zaporozhye）因砲擊發生火災，距離核災只有一步之遙，成為全球的頭條關注新聞，核電廠若因為遭受攻擊而發生核子事故，在戰爭中將更可能無法控制損害，災情可能遠超過車諾比與福島核災，不只有烏克蘭國土，相鄰的歐洲各國與俄羅斯土地都將受到污染。

烏克蘭的核能用電量占比為51%，是世界第三高，這是歷史上首次在如此依賴核電使用的國境內發生戰爭，而且核電廠與核災污染區竟成為軍事攻擊目標，無論是意外或是蓄意攻擊，核電廠與核燃料冷卻池的設計都無法應付戰爭狀態，更不該承受飛彈轟炸和砲火衝擊，將可能引發各種不可控的意外與毀滅性災難，例如震波破壞、火災、機械故障、冷卻水流失、外部電源喪失、員工疏散或傷亡導致工作失誤等危險因素，都增加核災爆發的可能性，輻射污染不分國界，也不分敵我，若引發全球擔憂的大規模核污染事件，環境生態與人類健康將遭受巨大損失，核汙染的後遺症延續數個世代都無法結束。

此外，俄羅斯總統普丁宣佈將莫斯科的核武部署進入高度戒備狀態，以回應國際間的各種制裁以及對烏克蘭的援助，在戰爭高度緊張的時期，提出核武威脅的任何一方，都屬於非常危險與不負責任的舉動，都將成為威脅世界安全的禍首，呼籲俄羅斯以及其他擁有核武的國家應自制並避免使用大規模的殺傷性核武器，以免造成嚴重的人道災難。

1986年車諾比核災給世人留下的災難至今仍在，不該再讓歷史重演，且更不該因人類的戰爭與衝突行為導致災難再度發生，我們呼籲：

1.俄羅斯應停止入侵烏克蘭的軍事行動，且應立即停止攻擊核電廠及相關核廢料儲存設施，並避免一切在核電廠周圍的武裝衝突。
2.譴責俄羅斯在入侵烏克蘭戰爭中引發核汙染的巨大風險與危機。
3.呼籲俄羅斯以及擁有核武的國家應自制並停止核武威脅。


Petition: Condemning Russia over Its Invasion of Ukraine and the Danger Posed by Nuclear Contamination

10 March 2022

We strongly condemn Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and the huge risks and crisis of nuclear contamination emanating from the invasion. Nuclear energy and radioactive wastes are highly hazardous, armed conflicts at nuclear facilities would only heighten such a danger.  The seizure of the Chernobyl nuclear site by Russian troops along with military conflicts at the nuclear facilities in Ukraine have sparked global concerns over the looming danger of radioactive contamination.  Ukraine has 15 active nuclear reactors and facilities, which might then be targeted. In fact, after shelling by Russian forces, the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine caught fire in the morning of 3 March 2022 and then narrowly escaped a nuclear catastrophe. This incident was splashed in headlines across the world. It will be impossible to contain the damage wrought by the leakage of radioactive materials during the war if Russia attacks any nuclear power plants.  The catastrophic impacts of such an occurrence on territories of Ukraine, adjacent European countries and Russia may far exceed those of Chernobyl and Fukushima.  

Ukraine's nuclear power plants account for 51 per cent of the country's electricity generation, the third highest in the world. It is the first time that a war has erupted in a country, relying so deeply on nuclear energy, with its nuclear power plants and the exclusion zone being deliberately turned into military targets. Whether from accidental damage or under deliberate attacks, nuclear power plants have never been designed to survive war. They, therefore, must not be subjected to aerial and artillery bombardment, which would lead to a variety of inexorable and devastating catastrophes. Incidents such as shock waves, fires, technical failures, cooling system outages, extended loss of power, and human errors linked to staff casualties or evacuation increase the probability of a nuclear disaster.  Radioactive contamination knows no nationalities or borders. Nor does it recognize the difference between us and them. If causing large-scale land contamination, an event of grave concern around the world, both the ecological system and human health will suffer lasting harm.  Nuclear contamination will impact the world for generations to come.  

In response to international sanctions imposed on Russia and assistance flowing into Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has further put the country's nuclear arsenal on high alert.  As tensions are being whipped up,  it is both dangerous and irresponsible for any party to the conflict to signal the use of nuclear weapons. It poses the gravest threat to world security.  We urge Russia and other nuclear armed powers to exercise self-restraint regarding their dangerous escalation of tensions and avoid the use of nuclear weapons, in order to avert humanitarian disasters / a nuclear winter.

The effects of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe since 1986 have been with us, and past blunders must not be repeated, nor should they reoccur as a result of the consequences of the war.

1. We call upon Russia to stop its military operations and incursions into Ukraine, cease attacks on Ukrainian nuclear power plants along with waste storage sites, and avoid all armed conflicts in proximity to nuclear power plants.
2. We condemn the great risks and crisis of nuclear contamination caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
3. We urge Russia and nuclear-armed powers to exercise self-restraint and to drop the threat of nuclear annihilation.


Signatories

National Nuclear Abolition Action Platform,Taiwan


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