The article reminds me of fraudulent material certificates at South Korean nuclear plants. As much as I advocate for nuclear power, I am fearful that more disasters will occur due to human error.
I also think that Nuclear plants are safe, but only when constructed and operated properly, and this doesn't seems the case.
- tanks imploding: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1288877/belarusian-... - transformers exploding: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1272842/incident-re... - broke a reactor vessel: https://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issues/2017-05-rosatom-repl...
And that reactor vessel was never used, it’s actually still lying on the compound of Atommash in Volgodonsk.
Furthermore, transformers have been failing at NPPs in the West as well.
The construction of the plant was problematic, and it had several incidents while running.
You can't trust a government that tries to cover up every incidents that happens and could have international repercussions.