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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Buncombe

International nuclear watchdog monitoring firefight at Ukraine nuclear plant amid warnings of ‘Chernobyl x 10’

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant / YouTube

An international nuclear watchdog has said it is monitoring reports of fighting and a blaze fire at Ukraine facility amid warnings of a tragedy tens times as bad as Chernobyl.

Officials said the Zaporizhzhia plant in the city of Enerhodar was under attack by Russian troops and one of the facility’s six reactors was on fire, after being struck by Russian shelling. That reactor is under renovation and not operating, but there is nuclear fuel inside, officials have said.

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