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Explainer-What are the risks to Ukraine's nuclear reactors in war

Repeated shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has raised the possibility of a grave accident just 500 km (300 miles) from the site of the world's worst nuclear accident, the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

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Is Zaporizhzhya the next Chernobyl?

In 1986, a nuclear calamity that helped bring down the Soviet empire began in Ukraine. Could it happen again?

Salon

Mutant black frogs spawning near Chernobyl after changing colour to survive radiation

Scientists believe that by turning their skin black, the mutated frogs may have helped themselves to survive in the radiation-soaked Exclusion Zone around the Chernobyl nuclear plant - which suffered one of the world's worst nuclear disasters in April 1986

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Chernobyl black frogs reveal evolution in action

The accident at reactor four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 generated the largest release of radioactive material into the environment in human history. The impact of the acute exposure to high doses of radiation was severe for the environment and the human population. But more than three…

The Conversation

Blind mystic Baba Vanga's five predictions for 2023 - from end of births to nuclear disaster

Her visions are said to be 85% correct and include the Chernobyl tragedy, the death of Princess Diana, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union

Irish Mirror

Child of Chernobyl inspires idea to give Ukraine's children 20,000 hand-knitted teddies

The Yuri bear project started as a need to do something – anything — to help. What began as a small gesture has grown, with knitters across the country now making the toys.

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Ukraine war - latest: Bodies ‘bearing signs of torture’ found at Izyum mass grave

Zelensky said in a video address overnight that Russia is ‘leaving death behind it everywhere’

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Ukraine's threatened nuclear power plant has been shut down. Has a crisis been averted?

Fighting near the plant, one of the 10 biggest atomic power stations in the world, has fuelled fears of a nuclear disaster like the one that took place at Chernobyl in 1986.

ABC News

Russia accuses Ukraine of 'nuclear terrorism' over shelling at Europe's biggest power plant

The Russian defence minister warned that Ukraine risked a Chernobyl-style catastrophe after accusing it of using Western-supplied weapons to attack the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Daily Mirror

Commentary: A Ukrainian nuclear plant is under attack. We can’t risk another Chernobyl

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, lies along the Dnieper River in southeastern Ukraine. After Russian forces brutally invaded Ukraine six months ago, they gained control of the nuclear facility early in the fighting. They based soldiers and heavy equipment there and have been using the plant as a…

Chicago Tribune

Fighting at Ukraine nuclear plant brings chances of a meltdown to a 'coin toss', expert says

As calls continue for an end to military activity around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia power plant, experts are warning there's significant risk of a nuclear accident.

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Zaporizhzhia in the middle: How to prevent disaster at Ukraine nuclear power plant?

How to avoid the unthinkable when Europe’s largest nuclear power plant finds itself on the frontline of war? As UN inspectors prepare to visit Zaporizhzhia in the hopes of securing a facility hit by power outages and alleged attacks, we ask about accusations of Russian shelling from the compound, the…

France 24

Fears of a Radiation Leak Mount Near Ukrainian Nuclear Plant

Authorities began distributing iodine tablets to residents near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Friday in case of a radiation leak, amid mounting fears that the fighting around the complex could trigger a catastrophe. The move came a day after the plant was temporarily knocked offline because of what officials said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin 'playing Russian roulette' by threatening Chernobyl-type disaster at power plant

Security experts fear the Kremlin could create a Chernobyl-type disaster as the Zaporozhzhia facility is on the brink of catastrophe, putting thousands of lives at risk

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The Conversation

Imperiled Ukrainian nuclear power plant has the world on edge – a safety expert explains what could go wrong

Russian forces occupy Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar. Russian and Ukrainian forces are fighting nearby, and shelling has damaged power and communication lines to the plant, prompting fears for the plant’s safety and evoking painful memories in a country…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian-Held Nuclear Plant Temporarily Disconnects from Ukraine Grid for First Time

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the middle of the fighting in Ukraine was temporarily cut off from the electrical grid Thursday because of fire damage, causing a blackout in the region and heightening fears of a catastrophe in a country haunted by the Chernobyl disaster. The plant, Europe's largest,…

The Independent UK

Ukrainian fears run high over fighting near nuclear plant

Ukrainians are once again anxious and alarmed about the fate of a nuclear power plant in a land that was home to the world’s worst atomic accident in 1986 at Chernobyl

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Andreas Kluth: Putin wouldn’t shrink from starting Chernobyl 2.0 in Ukraine

The history of warfare has no precedent for what is happening right now in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Never before has a nuclear power plant been on the front line of a major war, and indeed a main object of the warring parties’ strategies.

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The Independent UK

Unexpected war warning system: Chernobyl tour's camera

Yaroslav Yemelianenko decided to set up a battery-operated camera showing his company’s tourist information center near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant months before Russia invaded Ukraine

The Conversation

Shelling of Europe's biggest nuclear power plant exposes multiple risks – a nuclear expert tells us what they are

Shelling has recently intensified at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, raising international safety concerns. Ukrainian staff continue to operate the massive plant under strict control and stressful conditions.

Reuters

Russia's Deputy Foreign Min says Russian military control of Zaporizhzhia plant guarantees no 'Chernobyl scenario'

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday that Russia's military presence at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine is a guarantee against what he called a "Chernobyl scenario", referring to the 1986 nuclear catastrophe.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Erdogan Warns of 'Another Chernobyl' after Talks in Ukraine

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Thursday of a nuclear disaster in Ukraine during his first face-to-face talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky since Russia's invasion began, echoing pleas from the UN's chief. A flare-up in fighting around Europe's largest nuclear facility in Russian-controlled southern Ukraine has sparked urgent warnings from…

Irish Mirror

Europe facing 'armageddon' situation due to fighting near nuclear site in Ukraine

CEO of Chernobyl Children's Project International Adi Roche says it is vital that more action is taken by world leaders to make this area of Ukraine a no-war zone and ensure the safety of millions of people

Reuters

The vast nuclear plant in the eye of the war in Ukraine

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has been shelled in recent days, opening up the possibility of a grave accident just 500 km (around 300 miles) from the site of the world's worst nuclear accident, the 1986 Chornobyl disaster.

The Independent UK

Russian troops ‘firing missiles from Europe’s largest nuclear plant’ amid warning of Chernobyl-style disaster

UN chief of atomic energy says situation ‘completely out of control’

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