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Events underscore the dangers facing all of the nuclear power plants. could you talk about that? >> so. good evening. we heard in the last hour and a half now, that ukrainian authorities have reported that the fire at the power plant is out. all of the critical safety features are intact. so, i think there is no immediate danger to the plant. but that track and sex. nuclear plants were not designed for war zones. from that perspective, continue fighting on and around nuclear power plants poses a...

Ukraine. officials say a fire broke out in a training compound behind the plant, after it reportedly came under attack from russia. officials say, so far, no elevated way to active levels have been recorded. and with us tonight to discuss, ukrainian parliament member, kyra rudy. kira, what are you hearing right now about the situation at the power plant? >> hello, good morning. thank you for having me. so, the levels are not elevated. however, the fire is still on. and right now theyre trying to...

As you said, the fire in a training building three hours ago, the ministry of foreign affairs saying that the fire was in the plant, calling on the world to wake up. saying that an explosion could potentially be ten times larger than chernobyl. when you take a step back, and you look at this, theres a few things here that the russian army could be doing. number one, this power plant provides power for 25% of ukraine. when you look at whats whats happening in the north of the country, we know the...

Large fire that could not be put out because firefighters could not get to the plant, and the plant was unable to cool its fuel, then you would have a meltdown and significant releases of radiation to the environment. it is not would happen tonight, but taking it from here on in, we could be seeing that in the future. >> but is the fact that the ukraine is in the middle of fighting a war, make it more difficult from them from a fire management standpoint, to address this? >> yes it does. if fire...

As we get on tonight, we are looking at news on the nuclear plant in ukraine. they say that a fire calm -- after ed reportedly came under attack for russia. tonight, the white house says president biden spoke with ukrainian president zelenskyy. they both urged russia tended to military activities and the area the law firefighters to respond. the white house also says, its latest information shows no signs of elevated levels of radiation. the international atomic energy agency says, according to ...

Electricity grid, as in -- in 1999. and plants no longer have access to electricity, then they are forced to rely on backup systems within the plant. that could be potentially disrupted by fire. all of that relies on a nuclear power plant, in the time that would be exceedingly unlikely that each one could be breach. the extraordinary nature of a war around the nuclear power plant, could defeats all of those different safety layers. >> a perfect storm. matt, you have been writing about the risks ...

And matt crowning, the director for the elective council first the stone off for security. when people see this fire, they think trouble. should they? >> no. there is no indication that this fire was in the plant. we dont know if this was an errant round. james is the person who really knows the most about the layout of the plant like this. peoples minds should not instantly go to chernobyl. this is a different situation. its a dangerous situation because there is military activity make taking p...