Issued on: 28/08/2022 – 09:03Modified: 28/08/2022 – 10:02 Shellfire hit towns surrounding the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine on Saturday afternoon fuelling more fears of a potential radiation leak as both sides traded blame. Ukraine’s state nuclear company Energoatom said it was assessing damage to the plant and that its…
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Risk of radioactive leak at Ukraine nuclear plant, operator says
Ukraine’s state energy operator warned there is a risk of a radioactive leak at the country’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant amid shelling by Russian forces. Russia has “repeatedly shelled” the site, Europe’s biggest nuclear facility, over recent days, the operator, Energoatom, said in a statement on Saturday. “As a result…
Landmark Climate Bill Could Help Boost Struggling Nuclear Plants—Here’s Why
Topline Nuclear plants could see their bottom lines improve thanks to a new tax credit in the massive climate, health care and deficit reduction package passed by the Senate this weekend—a potential lifesaver for an industry that has appeared stagnant in recent decades. The Watts Bar Nuclear Plant near Spring…
Live: UN chief says any attack on Ukraine nuclear plant is ‘suicidal’
Issued on: 08/08/2022 – 06:47 Responding to reports of renewed Russian shelling of the Zaporizhzhia facility in Ukraine, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the risk of nuclear confrontation had returned after decades, calling on nuclear states to commit to no first use of the weapons. Follow FRANCE 24’s live…
Live: Second caravan of cargo ships sail from Ukraine
Issued on: 07/08/2022 – 09:27 A second caravan of ships with Ukrainian agriculture products sailed from Ukrainian Black Sea ports on Sunday, according to Ukrainian and Turkish authorities. Meanwhile the head of the UN nuclear watchdog raised grave concerns over the shelling at the Zaporizhzhia plant, as the Ukrainian military said Russian…