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Failure of systems could lead to a disaster similar to that of Japan’s Fukushima plant, when a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 destroyed cooling systems, triggering meltdowns.
Ukrainian authorities on Friday said the fire at Europe's largest nuclear power plant that prompted widespread concern has been extinguished. Updates.
Ukrainian authorities on Friday said the fire at Europe's largest nuclear power plant that prompted widespread concern has been extinguished. Updates.
Russian shelling of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant that sparked a fire — which has since been extinguished — raised fears of a disaster. What...
Russian shelling of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant that sparked a fire at one of its six reactors has raised fears of a disaster that could affect all of central Europe for decades, like the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown. Concerns faded Friday after Ukrainian authorities announced that the fire had been extinguished. The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said after speaking with Ukrainian authorities that the six reactors were not affected. Even though the nuclear plant is of a different design than Chernobyl and is protected from fire, nuclear safety experts and the International Atomic Ene...