Authorities Furious That Russia Attacked Nuclear Plant

Russian troops opened fire at Europe's largest nuclear power station in eastern Ukraine, as if invading Ukraine wasn't provocation enough.

Firefighters were able to control the blaze hours later after parts of the station caught fire.

The callous act that took place at the Zaporizhzhia plant was immediately denounced by the international community.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told CNN that it raises the level of potential catastrophe to a level that nobody wants to see.

Thousands on social media watched a live stream of the nuclear plant blazing while a battle raged with Russian tanks.

The reactor at the station was only 60 percent full. Many levels of safeguards built into the plant's design will prevent a catastrophe, according to experts.

Nuclear power plants are robust by design, according to Jeremy Gordon.

The building is designed to protect the reactor from outside impacts.

Russia's decision to attack a nuclear plant was seen as a betrayal. Volodymyr Zelensky referred to the Chernobyl tragedy in his statement.

He wrote in a post that Russian tanks are shooting at atomic blocks. They have been preparing for this.

Zelensky said that if one of the nuclear reactor blows, that would be the end of Europe. Europe will have to evacuate.

Zelensky's concern is understandable, but experts said the claims were hyperbolic.

Gordon said that rumors that an accident at Zaporizhzhia would be ten times worse than Chernobyl were irresponsible.

He said thatChernobyl was a stupid design with no containment.

The fact that the nuclear plant was better protected does not mean that the attack was less reckless. Firing at a nuclear fire station and even blocking firefighters from trying to control the flames is a deranged escalation of an already unconscionable invasion.

Europe's largest nuclear power plant caught fire.

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