Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky warned a Russian attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant could be 'the end of Europe.'
The development has caused international concern, not least because Russian shellingUkraine Live: Russia's Attack on Nuclear Plant Leaves World Leaders ShockedOn Friday morning, Ukraine's state nuclear regulatory inspectorate said in an update that the fire had been put out by Ukrainian emergency services. Information on the dead and injured was not available at that time, and staff continued to work at the facility.
The safety of nuclear plants in Ukraine is highly sensitive because the country, then part of the Soviet Union, was the scene of the world's worst nuclear accident on April 26, 1986, when an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, north of Kyiv, sent a radioactive cloud over much of Europe. Russian forcesThe nuclear authority said that of the six nuclear power units at the Zaporizhzhia station, one was in operation at 690 MW of power.
However, the authority noted concerns that a loss of the ability to cool down nuclear fuel would"lead to significant radioactive releases into the environment" in an event that"may exceed all previous accidents at nuclear power plants, including the Chernobyl accident". There is also a spent nuclear fuel storage facility nearby.
Earlier, Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine's foreign minister, urged Russian forces to cease firing at the plant so that firefighters could get through and secure it. Russian army is firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Fire has already broke out. If it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chornobyl! Russians must IMMEDIATELY cease the fire, allow firefighters, establish a security zone!
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