
Phone numbers, email addresses, links to personal or business websites, Skype/Telegram/WhatsApp etc. NOTE : Spam and/or promotional messages and comments containing links will be removed.Comments that are written in all caps and contain excessive use of symbols will be removed. Include punctuation and upper and lower cases. Racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination will not be tolerated. Avoid profanity, slander or personal attacks directed at an author or another user. Even negative opinions can be framed positively and diplomatically. Only post material that’s relevant to the topic being discussed.īe respectful. However, in order to maintain the high level of discourse we’ve all come to value and expect, please keep the following criteria in mind: We encourage you to use comments to engage with other users, share your perspective and ask questions of authors and each other. He appealed for access to determine whether it was a source of danger. Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said this week that contact with the plant was "fragile" and communications did not function every day. Reuters was unable to verify the battlefield reports. The facility continues to be run by its Ukrainian technicians. The Russian-installed administration of Enerhodar said on Friday that power lines at the plant had been cut by a Ukrainian artillery strike. Two of the six reactors are still operating. Ukraine's state nuclear power company, Energoatom, earlier said the plant was operational and no radioactive discharges had been detected. "The possible consequences of hitting an operating reactor are equivalent to the use of an atomic bomb," Ukraine's foreign ministry said on Twitter (NYSE: TWTR). Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday accused Moscow of using the plant as a shield for its forces, and Ukraine has accused Russia of shelling its positions from positions near the power station. "Fortunately, the Ukrainian shells did not hit the oil and fuel facility and the oxygen plant nearby, thus avoiding a larger fire and a possible radiation accident," a ministry statement said.Įnerhodar and the nearby nuclear plant were seized by invading Russian troops in early March, and are still close to the frontline. In addition, the nearby city of Enerhodar had power and water supply problems, it said. The Russian defence ministry said the generating capacity of one unit had been reduced and power supply to another had been cut.


Those who create nuclear threats to other nations are certainly not capable of using nuclear technologies safely," he said. In a late night address he demanded sanctions on the entire Russian nuclear industry.


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy though said Moscow was responsible and accused it of committing "an open, brazen crime, an act of terror". Russia's defence ministry said it was only by luck that a radiation accident had been avoided after what it described as an artillery barrage. LONDON (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine on Friday accused each other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest of its kind in Europe, and laying the ground for a potential disaster. Create New Watchlist Create Create a new holdings portfolio Add Create + Add another position Close
