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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Susie Blann

UN watchdog: Ukrainian nuclear plant loses power supply again, is 'extremely vulnerable'

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Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest atomic power station, switched to emergency diesel generators Monday after losing its external power supply for the seventh time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said.

“The nuclear safety situation at the plant (is) extremely vulnerable,” Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in a tweet.

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