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Kremlin: West should pressure Ukraine to stop shelling nuclear station

The Kremlin said on Monday that Western countries with influence over Ukraine should push Kyiv to stop shelling the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest.

Reuters · Aug 8, 2022

Ukraine's nuclear chief calls for military-free zone at Zaporizhzhia plant

The head of Ukraine's state nuclear power company Energoatom called on Monday for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to be made a military-free zone and said there should be a team of peacekeepers present at the site.

Reuters · Aug 8, 2022

Zaporizhzhia nuclear station operating normally - Interfax quotes Russia-installed official

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, hit by shelling over the weekend, is operating "in normal mode," the Interfax news agency quoted the Russian-installed head of the local administration as saying on Monday.

Reuters · Aug 8, 2022

Factbox: Five facts about Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

The Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine is a focus of attention in the war after Kyiv accused Russia of shelling the plant again and damaging radiation sensors. The plant, in Russian-controlled territory, was also shelled on Friday. Moscow blames Ukrainian forces for the strikes.

Reuters · Aug 7, 2022

Ukraine says worker wounded in new Russian strike on nuclear plant

KYIV: Ukraine's state nuclear power company Energoatom said on Sunday a worker was wounded and radiation monitoring sensors were damaged when Russian forces renewed their shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest in Europe, on Saturday night.

Bangkok Post · Aug 7, 2022

Zelenskiy calls for tougher international response after shelling of nuclear plant

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Sunday for a stronger international response to what he described as Russian "nuclear terror" after shelling at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest in Europe.

Reuters · Aug 7, 2022

Ukraine accuses Russia of shelling nuclear plant again

Ukraine accused Russia on Sunday of again shelling Europe's largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhia, and called for new international sanctions on Moscow for "nuclear terror".

Reuters · Aug 7, 2022

India should use small modular reactors to meet energy demands: NITI Aayog member V. K. Saraswat

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are advanced nuclear reactors that have a power capacity of up to 300 MW(e) per unit.

The Hindu · Aug 7, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war live: International Atomic Energy Agency raises grave concerns over shelling at nuclear plant – as it happened

Follow all the latest developments in Ukraine as Russia reportedly shells dozens of towns in east and south

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022

Zelensky Condemns Russian ‘Terror’ After Damage to Nuclear Plant

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday accused Russia of using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "for terror" after the operator of the facility reported major damage at the site. Energoatom, operator of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the south of the country, said Saturday that parts of the facility…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 7, 2022