{"id":62524,"date":"2022-09-30T17:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T17:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/09\/30\/congress-passes-ukraine-nuclear-security-funding\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:38:46","slug":"congress-passes-ukraine-nuclear-security-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2022\/09\/30\/congress-passes-ukraine-nuclear-security-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress passes Ukraine nuclear security funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The House on Friday passed 230-201<b> <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2022\/09\/27\/congress-to-vote-on-123-billion-ukraine-aid-package\/\" target=\"_blank\">an additional $12.35 billion Ukraine aid package<\/a>, including money to help Kyiv respond to a potential nuclear security incident, as part of its stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The package includes $35 million in defense nuclear nonproliferation funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration to prepare Ukraine for a potential incident from shelling at the besieged Zaporizhzhia power plant. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2022\/09\/29\/republicans-push-biden-to-use-21-billion-ukraine-aid-set-to-expire\/\" target=\"_blank\">Senate passed the government funding bill, complete with the Ukraine nuclear nonproliferation funding, 72-25 on Thursday<\/a> and President Joe Biden is expected to sign it into law on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Craig Branson, a spokesman for the National Nuclear Security Administration, told Defense News in a statement the agency is \u201cmodeling<b> <\/b>potential consequences of damages to nuclear facilities\u201d in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSpecifically, the funds will support procurement and maintenance of additional radiation sensors, data assessment and analysis, equipment and supplies for the National Guard of Ukraine for protective capabilities at nuclear facilities, counter-nuclear smuggling equipment for the Ukraine State Border Guard and potentially consolidation of radiological materials,\u201d Branson wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted the agency has already \u201cprovided significant assistance to Ukraine to monitor radiation levels\u201d at sites such as Zaporizhzhia and the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Zapoprizhzhia power plant has come under frequent shelling in recent months amid Russia\u2019s siege of the province. Russian shelling sparked a fire at part of the facility when Moscow first took control of the area in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi led a delegation to inspect the plant earlier this month. After the visit, he called for a demilitarized protection zone around the power plant to avoid a potential nuclear incident if artillery hits the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grossi said this week he is willing to start talks with Ukraine and Russia on setting up such a zone, but Russia has rejected previous calls for a demilitarized zone around the power plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are playing with fire and something very catastrophic could take place,\u201d Grossi said after his visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2022\/09\/07\/congress-wants-more-details-on-latest-ukraine-aid-request\/\" target=\"_blank\">White House asked Congress for additional funding<\/a> to bolster security around Zaporizhzhia before Russian President Vladimir Putin expanded his threats to use nuclear weapons in the conflict earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putin last week said he would use nuclear weapons if Russian territory comes under attack. 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He proceeded to annex those areas on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe risk of nuclear weapons use at this particular moment is higher than it has been in decades,\u201d Daryl Kimball, the executive director of the Arms Control Association, told Defense News. \u201cIt is unprecedented in the post-Cold War era that a Russian or U.S. leader is threatening nuclear weapons use if their territory is at risk, but that\u2019s what Vladimir Putin is doing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will have problems far beyond Ukraine, because the use of nuclear weapons could unfortunately quickly suck in NATO or U.S. military intervention, which then could lead to further escalation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden declined to detail how the United States would respond should Russia use nuclear weapons in Ukraine during <a 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