Maintaining power at Europe’s largest nuclear plant has been crucial to prevent a meltdown in the shadow of fighting nearby.
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Ukraine Begins Shutdown of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
External power has been restored to the plant, allowing engineers to move its reactors into a safer state, Ukraine’s nuclear regulator said.
Conditions at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Are ‘Unsustainable,’ U.N. Watchdog Warns
Cut off from the country’s electric grid, the plant is relying on an emergency measure that it is not designed to keep up for long, while shells continue to rain down.
U.N. Team Calls for No-Fire Zone at Ukraine Nuclear Plant
In a highly anticipated report, nuclear experts who crossed a battlefield to inspect Europe’s largest nuclear plant called for Russia and Ukraine to halt all military activity around the complex.
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I.A.E.A. Head Warns of Grave Risk From Fighting Near Zaporizhzhia Plant
Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, warned that increased fighting near the Russian-occupied nuclear plant could cause an accident.
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Experts Brave Shelling to Reach Imperiled Ukrainian Nuclear Plant at Last
The team from the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog reached the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia plant for the first time since the war began, despite fresh shelling each side blamed on the other.