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Even though the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is of a different design than Chernobyl and is protected from fire, nuclear safety experts and the International Atomic Energy Agency warn that waging war in and around such facilities presents extreme risks.
Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was hit by Russian shelling, sparking a fire and raising fears of a disaster that could affect all of central Europe for decades, like the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown.
Ukrainian authorities said the fire at a nuclear plant that caused widespread concern after a Russian attack has been extinguished. Follow updates.
Ukrainian authorities said the fire at a nuclear plant that caused widespread concern after a Russian attack has been extinguished.
Fears of an unprecedented nuclear disaster spread rapidly overnight when part of Europe’s largest nuclear plant caught on fire.