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There was a fire at the nuclear power plant.
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is owned by the Anadolu Agency.
The largest nuclear power plant in Europe, located in south-eastern Ukraine, has been hit by Russian forces.
There was a fire at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, but it didn't affect the equipment. The group reported that there was no change in radiation levels at the plant.
A fire was caused by a projectile hitting a training building in the vicinity of one of the reactor units. Ukrainian regulators say safety systems weren't affected, but warned that the situation meant they hadn't been able to check the entire site. Five of the six reactor are now turned off. Two people were hurt.
The foreign minister of Ukraine warned that an explosion could be ten times larger than Chernobyl. The end of Europe. Europe was evacuated.
There was no evidence that an explosion was imminent or likely. The chance of a radiation leak at the plant is minimal, according to a statement from Imperial College London.
The essential reactor components are housed inside a heavily steel reinforced concrete containment building that can endure extreme external events, such as an aircraft crash or explosions. The design of the reactor is different from the Chernobyl reactor, which did not have a containment building, and therefore there is no real risk, in my opinion, at the plant now the reactor have been safely shut down.
There are still risks. If power is cut off and the ability to cool the reactor is lost, there is a chance, according to James Acton, co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. This is why it is important that fighting is stopped and staff are allowed in to manage the plant.
Losing cooling will lead to significant radioactive releases into the environment that could be worse than Chernobyl, according to the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine.
The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency has called for a halt in fighting and warned of severe danger. The UK's Nuclear Industry Association supported his calls for a ceasefire.
The IAEA has put its emergency centre on full alert. This is a quick-reaction team that is designed to respond to nuclear incidents.
40 people claiming to be members of the far-right group Right Sector tried to gain access to the Zaporizhzhia plant but were stopped by guards.
Even though nuclear power plants are an obvious target for terrorists, they have never been targeted during a war and the repercussions would probably be global. Nuclear power plants weren't usually thought of as targets during the cold war, according to the World Nuclear Association.
It would take a huge explosion to release nuclear material after a crash of a drone into a nuclear power plant.
The University of Bristol's Tom Scott said in a statement to the UK Science Media Centre that he believes Russia has broken international law.
The situation has become extremely tense because of the shelling. The attack displayed an immoral and barbaric attitude towards humanity as a whole and each human life individually, according to a former chief engineer at Chernobyl.
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