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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Alice Peacock

Fears as Europe's biggest nuclear plant goes offline - hours after Chernobyl cut off

Europe has been hit by fresh radiation fears after warning systems at the continent's biggest nuclear plant went down.

The United Nations nuclear watchdog says they have lost touch with remote systems at Ukraine ’s Zaporizhzhia site which is under Russian control following their February 24 invasion.

It comes as just yesterday the Russians also disconnected Chernobyl nuclear power plant from the national grid, igniting fear at the site of the world's worst radiation disaster.

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