Fire at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant
A fire broke out at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant on Sunday night.
Russia and Ukraine are blaming each other for the power plant fire.
Ukraine has said that Russia has set fire to this power plant.
Nuclear power plant
According to Russian officials, Ukraine fired shelling near the plant that started the fire.
A cooling tower of the power plant consisting of six nuclear reactors has also been destroyed.
Fire on Nuclear power plant
Russia and Ukraine are blaming each other for the fire at the country’s largest nuclear power plant.
A fire broke out at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant on Sunday night.
After the fire, both Russia and Ukraine confirmed that there was no radiation release.
The Ukrainian power plant was seized by Russia in 2022 when Moscow launched its offensive against Kiev.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
of the United Nations says that its experts have seen black smoke rising from the northern part of the power plant located in southern Ukraine.
According to the reports of the official Russian news agencies “Tas” and “RIA”,
The Russian nuclear energy company Rosatom says that the big fire at the plant was controlled at night.
According to the news agency “Reuters”, the fire in this power plant took place at a time when Ukraine attacked the territories of Russia a week ago.
Ukrainian nuclear energy company Enrgotum says a cooling tower and other equipment at the power plant have been damaged.
Tower of the Plant destroyed:
According to the Russian news agency “Tas”, the cooling tower of the plant has been destroyed.
It is also said that it was a passive tower.
In February 2022, Russia attacked Ukraine in a show of aggression.
Russia calls this operation a special military operation.
A large number of civilians have been killed and displaced in this war.
The causes of the fire that broke out on Sunday night could not be known until Monday morning.
Russian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of starting the fire,
which was visible from the Ukrainian city of Nikopol.
On the other hand, Russian authorities have alleged that Ukrainian forces have shelled near the power plant in which the fire occurred.
The IAEA has said in its statement that there were no reports of any impact on nuclear safety at the plant.
