Attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant significantly increase accident risk, IAEA head says
Monday, 8 April 2024 The chief of the UN's atomic watchdog agency criticized a drone strike on a nuclear reactor at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, warning of a heightened risk of a nuclear accident. Rafael Mariano Grossi confirmed three direct hits on the reactor's containment structures. While Russia accused Ukraine of the attack, the UN agency refrained from assigning blame. Kyiv authorities refrained from immediate comment on the incident.
This Day in History: , Nuclear Disaster
at Chernobyl.
April 26, 1986.
The disaster at Chernobyl, located about 65 miles from Kiev in the former Soviet Union, is the worst nuclear power plant..
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