Zaporizhzhia

Russian troops have occupied Europe's largest nuclear power plant, after fierce fighting near the Ukrainian facility that drew international condemnation ...

"It seems to me unlikely that such an impact would result in a Chernobyl-like nuclear event (but) this has never been tested and it is not impossible." "Even if they were not aiming for the nuclear plant, artillery is notoriously inaccurate in a time of war." Electricity at the Fukushima plant in Japan was cut off during the nuclear disaster there in 2011, while the reactors themselves remained intact. The plant had not sustained any critical damage in the attack, Andrii Tuz, a plant spokesman, told CNN on Friday. The Chernobyl disaster took place at a plant that used Soviet-era, graphite-moderated RBMK reactors. Because wittingly or unwittingly, you can very quickly go into a disaster, and this is why we're so concerned." They've been preparing for this (attack)," Zelensky said in the post, adding "our guys are keeping the atomic power station secure." Ukrainian officials quickly sounded the alarm about the potential implications of the attack. It said staff are working on the power units to ensure stable operation. Four of the remaining units are being cooled down while one unit is providing power, the statement said. "Completely uncharted waters." "No country besides Russia has ever fired upon an atomic power plant's reactors.

Portrait of a Ukrainian-born Darwin resident at a small rally in the city. Yuliia Shchedrovska has not slept properly for a week. (ABC News: Felicity James).

She was a single mum." "While she was on the train it was probably the toughest time of the whole week," Yuliia said. Finally, she received a text message from her mother in Lviv and they found a bus for her to cross the border into Lublin, Poland. "So she could sleep, I was monitoring the sirens messages to call to wake her up if necessary," Yuliia said. She does not drive, the trains in her city no longer run to a timetable, and it is dangerous to be alone in the streets at night. "We spent the whole night trying to work it out and how it could be done," Yuliia said.

Following recent news of Russian shelling of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, which is the largest in Europe, there is great concern ...

Water must be circulated in storage pools and the reactor even after shutdown, which means a source of electricity is required, as well as staff to monitor and manage the plant. It seems likely, at least currently, that the planners of Russia’s “special military operation” will seek to capture the plant as a piece of critical national infrastructure. Such a scenario is not limited to a nuclear reactor either. With six large nuclear power reactors, there is a significant quantity of nuclear material at the site. Older reactors, such as those in Ukraine, require active measures to maintain the fuel in a safe state. To attack a nuclear power plant, especially one so close to one’s own territory, is a highly risky strategy.

After Ukraine's nuclear power plant was hit, Russia blamed the explosion on Ukrainian "saboteurs" calling it "monstrous provocation". "Last night on the ...

UK foreign secretary Liz Truss called for an urgent meeting of the UNSC after Russian forces attacked the nuclear power plant. "Currently, the staff of Zaporizhzhya NPP continues to work as usual, maintains the NPP facilities and monitors the radioactive situation. Russia had earlier seized the Chernobyl nuclear plant on February 24.