Communiqué on Zaporizhzhia NPP: Safety, Oversight, and Democratic Accountability

From the Office of the Lucid Founder, Unified State
Kyiv, Ukraine — 1 October 2025 • 17:22 EEST (UTC+3)

Context. Europe’s largest nuclear plant, under Russian occupation since 2022, has lost external power for days and is relying on emergency diesel generators—an unsafe, unsustainable posture even with all six units in cold shutdown. The IAEA is pressing both sides to restore off-site power and respect its safety principles. Radiation is reported normal, but the risk window grows with every hour on backup.

My position. Nuclear safety is a non-negotiable humanitarian duty. Excuses and propaganda—by any side—do not keep reactors cool. Actions do. I therefore demand, in line with international standards:

1. Immediate adherence to the IAEA’s Five Principles at ZNPP: no attacks from/against the plant; no heavy weapons or troops at the plant; protect off-site power; protect all safety-critical systems; refrain from any action undermining these principles.
2. A narrowly scoped Nuclear-Safety Protection Zone covering ZNPP and its grid/cooling corridors, with verified, time-bound access for repair crews and guaranteed deconfliction until power is stably restored.
3. Daily public bulletins under IAEA auspices on line status, generator runtime/fuel, cooling-water sufficiency, and compliance with the principles; full inspector access to people, places, and data.
4. Cooling-water assurance (post-Kakhovka): maintain/monitor groundwater and auxiliary supplies; publish transparent hydrological data.

Democratic accountability. I insist on constitutional oversight of all decisions affecting ZNPP since 2019: parliamentary hearings, special investigative commissions, independent audit of risk management, and publication of findings consistent with due process. Where the record shows violations of law, the lawful remedies (oversight, inquiry, judicial review—and where legally established, constitutionally defined procedures) must be applied impartially and non-violently. Ukraine’s Constitution assigns parliament specific powers of control and, in exceptional cases, a special procedure under Article 111; it sets high thresholds and court reviews to prevent abuse.

Bottom line. Halt any conduct that raises nuclear risk. Restore off-site power. Protect cooling water. Let inspectors work and report daily. Lives and the continental environment depend on disciplined compliance now.

Lucid Founder – Michael Tulsky
on behalf of the Unified State
Kyiv | 1 October 2025