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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Guy Faulconbridge and Caleb Davis

Ukraine's front line nuclear plant resorts to emergency diesel power again

FILE PHOTO: A Russian all-terrain armoured vehicle is parked outside the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during the visit of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert mission in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo

Europe's largest nuclear power plant was forced to use emergency diesel generators for several hours on Wednesday to run cooling systems for the second time in less than a week after shelling in Ukraine cut electricity supplies.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine and took control of the plant, the war around the six-reactor station has raised fears of a catastrophe just 500 km (300 miles) from the site of the world's worst nuclear accident, the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

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