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Huge fire at Russia-controlled nuke plant in Ukraine, sparking nuke disaster warnings #shorts
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0:41Now PlayingShocking photos captured smoke billowing out of a Russia-controlled nuclear power plant in Ukraine — a “reckless” attack that risked a major “nuclear accident,” according to the head of the international nuclear watchdog.
Thick, black smoke was seen Sunday exiting the top of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that Russia captured shortly after launching its full-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022.
The massive fire followed multiple explosions hitting the vast, six-reactor facility, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear watchdog, which has staff there.
“These reckless attacks endanger nuclear safety at the plant and increase the risk of a nuclear accident,” IAEA chief Rafael Grossi warned in a statement.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said initial tests showed that “the radiation indicators are normal.
“But as long as Russian terrorists maintain control over the nuclear plant, the situation is not and cannot be normal,” he wrote on Facebook.
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