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UN nuclear watchdog offers to broker deal to stop further power plant damage

The director-general of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency has offered to meet Ukrainian and Russian officials in Chernobyl.

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022

Zaporizhzhia: Everything we know about Europe’s largest nuclear plant attacked by ‘reckless’ Russians

Russian shelling causes damage but safety of compound not affected, officials insist

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022

35 years on, Chernobyl warns and inspires

The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022

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What really happened at Chernobyl? How the world’s worst nuclear accident happened

Decades after the catastrophe, now a byword for state secrecy, crucial elements remain a mystery, Andy Gregory writes

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022

Atomic energy chief ready to travel to Chernobyl for talks on safeguarding reactors amid Russian invasion of Ukraine

The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog says he is ready to travel to Chernobyl for talks on safeguarding Ukraine's nuclear facilities.

ABC News · Mar 4, 2022

Russian seizure of Ukraine nuclear plant sparks worries about radiation monitoring

Russia's seizure of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant has raised fears about access to radiation data, atomic experts said, although they stressed they did not see immediate radiological risks and a U.N. watchdog said its reactors were undamaged.

Reuters · Mar 4, 2022

Russian shelling caused a fire at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant – how close did we actually come to disaster?

It sounds like a nightmare come true. During a military offensive as part of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, fire broke out at Europe’s largest nuclear power station, the Zaporizhzhia power plant in the southern city of Enerhodar.

The Conversation · Mar 4, 2022

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Zaporizhzhia: How dangerous was Russia’s nuclear plant strike in Ukraine?

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

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022

EXPLAINER: How dangerous was Russia's nuclear plant strike?

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022

Russia seizes Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as Europe under 'grave threat' after 'reckless' attack

A fire broke out at the facility, prompting fears that an explosion could lead to a catastrophe '10 times worse than Chernobyl'

Irish Mirror · Mar 4, 2022

Conflict has erupted at Europe's largest nuclear power plant. Here's what we know so far

Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station is in the firing line, sparking calls for a ceasefire to guarantee its safety. Here's what we know about the plant, and why conflict near a plant like this is so dangerous.

ABC News · Mar 4, 2022

Russia-Ukraine crisis: IAEA deploys ‘24/7 help’ after attack on Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility

Ukraine warns that if shelling continues, it could cause disaster 10 times worse than Chernobyl

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022

Putin raining down 'nuclear terror' and will cover world in nuclear ash, Ukraine says

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said Vladimir Putin had carried out the world's first "nuclear terror" after an attack at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant which led to a fire

Daily Mirror · Mar 4, 2022

Zelenskiy says ‘Europe must wake up’ after assault sparks nuclear plant fire

Ukraine and US embassy denounce attack on huge Zaporizhzhia power station as war crime

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2022

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Salon · Mar 4, 2022

Nuclear plant fire blazes in Europe

Elevated levels of radiation have been detected near the plant, which is about 325 miles southeast of Chernobyl

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022

Zelensky warns nuclear plant attack could cause catastrophe for all of Europe: ‘You know the word Chernobyl’

Ukraine’s leader has said a fire at a Ukraine nuclear plant could be a catastrophe for all of Europe, ominously warning: “You know the word ‘Chernobyl’.”

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022

International nuclear watchdog monitoring firefight at Ukraine nuclear plant amid warnings of ‘Chernobyl x 10’

Reactor was not operational at time of strike but fuel stored at facility

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022

Ukraine warns of disaster ‘10 times larger than Chernobyl’ as biggest nuclear plant ‘under heavy weapons fire’

The facility on the southern shore of the Dnieper river is the largest in Europe

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Daily Mirror · Mar 3, 2022

Fire at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after attack by Russian troops and shelling

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said there was no release of radioactive material at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant during the fire and added two security personnel were injured

ABC News · Mar 3, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war latest: Russia takes control of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant; Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Mariupol under assault

Ukraine says Russian troops have captured a nuclear power plant which was the scene of heavy fighting that set a building on fire and damaged part of a reactor complex.

Al Jazeera · Mar 3, 2022

Latest Ukraine updates: US slams Russian nuclear plant attack

Ukraine-Russia news from March 4: At UNSC meeting, Ukrainian envoy accuses Russia of ‘nuclear terrorism’.

Daily Mirror · Mar 3, 2022

Russian forces open fire in battle for Ukrainian nuclear plant with tanks storming town

Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko said in online posts today that the forces had taken control of the area around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Daily Record · Mar 3, 2022

Heartbroken wife pays tribute to 'amazing dad' who opened his home to children of Chernobyl

Alan 'Barney' Gardner, 54, took in and housed Ukrainian children following the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2022

Ukraine-Russia news - live: Nuclear plant ‘secured’ amid warning of ‘Chernobyl x 10’ during attack

Plant spokesperson said it had come under ‘heavy weapons fire’

The Conversation · Mar 3, 2022

Military action in radioactive Chernobyl could be dangerous for people and the environment

The site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine has been surrounded for more than three decades by a 1,000-square-mile (2,600-square-kilometer) exclusion zone that keeps people out. On April 26, 1986, Chernobyl’s reactor number four melted down as a result of human error, releasing vast quantities of radioactive…

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