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Gavin Blackburn

Zelenskyy raises alarm about power outage at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Ukraine's president and the head of the UN nuclear watchdog have sounded the alarm about safety risks at the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in southern Ukraine, which lost external power supply more than a week ago as the war continues to rage around it.

Emergency diesel generators are providing power for crucial cooling systems for the facility's six non-operational reactors and spent fuel and there is no immediate danger to Europe's biggest NPP, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said.

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