UN demands security zone around nuclear power plant in Ukraine

“The situation is unsustainable” at the plant, warns the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in a 52-page report, released this Tuesday (6). 

“It is urgent to take provisional measures”, such as “the establishment of a nuclear safety and protection zone”, he adds.

Zaporizhzhia is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and a leak of radioactive material could cause a major catastrophe, like what happened with Chernobyl in 1986.

Source: AFP

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