Europe's largest nuclear power plant caught fire after Russian forces shelled the site in southeast Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, who called early Friday for an immediate cease-fire and warned of a potential catastrophe.
Ukrainian firefighters struggled to access the nuclear plant because of Russian shelling in the area, according to a senior Ukrainian government official. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by phone about the fire with President Biden and European Union officials, a Ukrainian official said. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also spoke with Zelensky, his office said.Jon B.
A key question about the safety of the nuclear plant is the location of the fire, said Gregory Jaczko, who served as the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under President Barack Obama and does not have direct knowledge of the situation.“If they breached the containment structure — the shield building that is there to protect things from getting to the reactor — that would be more problematic,” he said.
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