Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant 'not designed to withstand fighting'
16 August 2022
A scientist in Ukraine warns that the reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power station is designed to protect against some threats, but not shelling
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Russian shelling at Ukrainian nuclear plant risks 'another Chernobyl'
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