Good lessons based on bad experience: confronting risks and governing nuclear safety in Ukraine

• Autorzy: Duliba Yevheniia , Chudyk Nataliia

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.33223/epj/166688

Warianty tytułu

PL

Dobre lekcje ze złych doświadczeń: konfrontacja z ryzykiem i zarządzanie bezpieczeństwem jądrowym na Ukrainie

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Based on a review of scholarly literature and statements of IAEA and Ukrainian institutions, we try to attempt to analyze the current problems in nuclear energy of Ukraine during the war based on the example of the seized Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which demonstrates the impact of this situation over global nuclear safety. Our study also outlines some solutions to this ongoing crisis and highlights that there is an urgent need for a new strategic vision at the global level with regard to nuclear safety and environmental protection. The “trial and error” approach is not the desired practice of ensuring nuclear safety in the world and therefore the world must today apply the lessons learned during the war in Ukraine to better protect people and the environment. The current situation in the world is complex and requires reasonable considerations, taking into account social, economic, environmental and geopolitical aspects. The introduction of minimum International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safety standards that are illegally enforceable, the revision of the provisions of the IAEA statute and its amendment by providing the organization with the function of maintaining the harmonization of nuclear requirements, the need to improve the existing IAEA standards in terms of taking measures during the construction of nuclear power plants to protect them from missile attacks, as well as during the operation of NPPs are all analyzed as necessary steps required to solve the issues of improving nuclear safety in Ukraine, Europe, and the world. The cooperation of Ukraine with such states as the USA, Japan, South Korea, France, and the United Kingdom, and the creation of the coalition could help to put pressure on United Nations and IAEA at the international level to withdraw all troops and ammunition supplies from Zaporizhzhia NPP.

PL

Na podstawie przeglądu literatury naukowej, oświadczeń MAEA i ukraińskich instytucji, w artykule podjęto próbę analizy obecnych problemów w energetyce jądrowej Ukrainy w czasie wojny na przykładzie zajętej elektrowni jądrowej Zaporoże, która pokazuje wpływ tej sytuacji na globalne bezpieczeństwo jądrowe. Studium ukazane w artykule nakreśla również niektóre rozwiązania tego trwającego kryzysu i uświadamia, że istnieje pilna potrzeba nowej strategicznej wizji na poziomie globalnym w zakresie bezpieczeństwa jądrowego i ochrony środowiska. Podejście „prób i błędów” nie jest pożądaną praktyką zapewniania bezpieczeństwa jądrowego na świecie i dlatego dziś świat musi zastosować lekcje wyciągnięte podczas wojny na Ukrainie, aby lepiej chronić ludzi i środowisko. Obecna sytuacja na świecie jest złożona i wymaga rozsądnych rozważań, uwzględniających aspekty społeczne, gospodarcze, środowiskowe i geopolityczne. Wprowadzenie minimalnych standardów bezpieczeństwa MAEA, które można wyegzekwować w sposób niezgodny z prawem, rewizja postanowień statutu MAEA i jego zmiana poprzez zapewnienie organizacji funkcji utrzymania harmonizacji wymagań jądrowych, potrzeba poprawy istniejących standardów MAEA w zakresie podejmowania środków podczas budowy elektrowni jądrowych w celu ich ochrony przed atakami rakietowymi, a także podczas eksploatacji elektrowni jądrowych, są analizowane jako niezbędne kroki w celu rozwiązania kwestii poprawy bezpieczeństwa jądrowego na Ukrainie, w Europie i na świecie. Współpraca Ukrainy z takimi państwami jak USA, Japonia, Korea Południowa, Francja czy Wielka Brytania oraz utworzenie koalicji może pomóc na poziomie międzynarodowym wywrzeć presję na ONZ i MAEA, aby wycofały wszystkie wojska i zapasy amunicji z elektrowni jądrowej w Zaporożu.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

nuclear safety; nuclear power plant; war in Ukraine; energy; IAEA standards

PL

energia; bezpieczeństwo jądrowe; elektrownia jądrowa; wojna na Ukrainie; standardy MAEA

• Wydawca: Instytut Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi i Energią PAN
• Czasopismo: Polityka Energetyczna
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: T. 26, z. 3
• Strony: 131--148
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 64 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Duliba Yevheniia

• Department of Constitutional Law and Field-Related Disciplines, Institute of Law, National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2651-4977%3B

autor

Chudyk Nataliia

• Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law Faculty of Law, West Ukrainian National University, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0649-2715%3B

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).