More than a dozen explosions rattled Europe's largest nuclear power plant over the weekend, as renewed shelling around the Ukrainian facility rekindled fears of a possible accident — or even a deliberate strike — thatcould cause a catastrophic release of radiation. The shelling aroundUkrai...
Russia has occupied the ZNPP since March 2022, early on in the invasion of Ukraine. The nuclear facility has been a focal point of tensions and skirmishes between Ukrainian and Russian forces ever since, with both accusing each other of endangering the safety of the plant and risking a nucle...
Ukraine has claimed Russia is using the power plant as a shield by storing weapons there and launching attacks from around it. Moscow, for its part, accuses Ukraine of recklessly firing on the nuclear complex. The dispute over the plant led Russia late Friday to block agreement on the final ...
Russian-controlled nuclear plant accuses Ukraine of another drone strike A view of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on June 15, 2023. Olga Maltseva | Afp | Getty Images Officials at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine on ...
VIENNA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi said on Monday that he plans to travel to Russia on Tuesday for high-level talks over ensuring nuclear safety in Ukraine. The situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in Ukrai...
UK Says Russia's Actions at Zaporizhzhia Power Plant Likely Undermine Its Security, Safety More Reuters FILE PHOTO: A view shows a damaged building at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant compound, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia...
Ukraine says Russian forces seized second biggest power plant A monument pictured on the Nikopol embankment in front of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant used by the Russian invaders as the place to bombard Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine on 20 July 2022. Russian forces have sei...
'We are living on borrowed time when it comes to nuclear safety,' IAEA chief warns This photo taken on Sept. 11, 2022, shows a security person standing in front of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia, amid the Ukraine war. ...
Advisor to head of the President's Office of Ukraine Mykhailo Podoliak said Russian forces have seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported on Thursday. Meanwhile, eyewitnesses captured images on camera of what appeared to be a rocket flying over the skies of ...
Ukraine has denied involvement in the drone attacks. The ZNPP is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe with a total capacity of 6 gigawatts. At the end of February 2022, the facility was taken under Russian control.■