The threat of nuclear disaster is rising steadily, as Russia uses the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant – Europe’s largest – to shield its artillery attacks on Ukrainian targets.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility, which is the third-largest nuclear power plant in the world has become a platform for Russian forces to launch attacks at the Ukrainian city of Nikopol and at Ukrainian military positions in the Dnipropetrovsk region – elevating the risks of a nuclear disaster to a new level.
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US President Trump stressed that negotiations with Russia on a ceasefire must include discussing the status of the “Great Station” – its de-occupation, or at least demilitarization. He was referring to the Zaporizhzhia NPP, which has six reactors built in the 1980s and 1990s.
Ukraine is attempting to prepare for the worst. Kyiv Post visited the National Center for Radiation Medicine in Kyiv – a unique institution that has been conducting radiological studies since the Chornobyl nuclear disaster.
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