Zaporizhzhia

Russian forces "occupied" Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant — the largest in Europe — following a fire at the facility, Ukrainian authorities said.

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Heavy fighting caused a fire to break out near one of the Zaporizhzhia plant's six reactors, but Ukrainian authorities say the fire has been extinguished.

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European markets are plummeting this morning following Russia's capture of Europe's largest nuclear power station, Zaporizhzhia, in southeastern Ukraine.

Yandex—the “Russian Google”—has warned it may default on its debt owing to its suspension from New York trading. After Amazon told the FTC it has provided all the information its antitrust investigators require, the agency will now need to make its call by mid-March, giving the companies more certainty. Amazon has reportedly moved to force a decision by the Federal Trade Commission on its $6.5 billion MGM movie and television studio acquisition. McKinsey has stopped working for state-owned Russian entities and stopped taking on new client work in Russia, and BCG is suspending work with all Russian clients, while retaining its Russian staff for now. That’s possibly something to do with its oligarch owner, Vagit Alekperov, reportedly losing $6.9 billion of his personal wealth as a result of the crisis. And then there are the contained ruins of Chernobyl itself, which the Russians grabbed a week ago. The centrist leader may also be helped by the fact that his far-right rivals were pretty cozy with Putin. Financial Times The seizure of Zaporizhzhia took place early this morning, following Russian shelling of the plant that caused a significant fire—thankfully in a training building rather than a reactor unit. (Bonus read: Fortune’s Yvonne Lau on how China can provide a SWIFT alternative for Russia, but may not want to.) Moscow Times Meanwhile, here’s some cause to believe sanctions are having a real effect: Russia’s second-biggest oil firm Lukoil, which just a couple of days ago said it was profiting handsomely from soaring energy prices, has begged the Russian government to stop the war. “You want to live on an Earth that isn’t radioactive. “Tell them you want to live,” he said.

Russian troops have occupied Europe's largest nuclear power plant, after fierce fighting near the Ukrainian facility that drew international condemnation ...

"It seems to me unlikely that such an impact would result in a Chernobyl-like nuclear event (but) this has never been tested and it is not impossible." "Even if they were not aiming for the nuclear plant, artillery is notoriously inaccurate in a time of war." Electricity at the Fukushima plant in Japan was cut off during the nuclear disaster there in 2011, while the reactors themselves remained intact. The plant had not sustained any critical damage in the attack, Andrii Tuz, a plant spokesman, told CNN on Friday. The Chernobyl disaster took place at a plant that used Soviet-era, graphite-moderated RBMK reactors. Because wittingly or unwittingly, you can very quickly go into a disaster, and this is why we're so concerned." They've been preparing for this (attack)," Zelensky said in the post, adding "our guys are keeping the atomic power station secure." Ukrainian officials quickly sounded the alarm about the potential implications of the attack. It said staff are working on the power units to ensure stable operation. Four of the remaining units are being cooled down while one unit is providing power, the statement said. "Completely uncharted waters." "No country besides Russia has ever fired upon an atomic power plant's reactors.

Russian forces in Ukraine have been shelling the Zaporizhzhia power plant, the largest nuclear plant of its kind in Europe.

The reactors have large concrete containments and built-in fire protection systems, he said, adding: “Obviously, it’s not a good idea if you start shooting massive missiles at reactors,” he said. The US also said their latest information showed no indication of elevated radiation levels at the plant. It is about 200km from the contested Donbas region and 550km south-east of Kyiv. He said the pressurised water reactors were “a lot safer” than the reactors at Chernobyl, and did not appear to be damaged yet. It has six reactors, each generating 950MW, and a total output of 5,700MW, enough energy for roughly 4m homes. A short time later, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service reported that radiation at the plant was “within normal limits” and the fire conditions at the plant were “normal”. It reported that the fire was in a building outside the power plant.

Russian forces in Ukraine seized Europe's largest nuclear plant Friday after their shelling set part of the complex on fire, sparking fears across the ...

The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. “It is extremely important that the nuclear power plants are not put at risk in any way,” IAEA Director General Grossi said earlier this week. Grossi said Wednesday at a news conference that two sites where radioactive materials are present had already been hit in the fighting. “You could have a situation where you have low-level waste, a release of radioactive material. Gregory Jaczko, who served as the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under President Barack Obama, said if the fire reached an area with fuel, that could lead to a “significant release” of radiation. The view then pans right to show that a white building appears to be on fire, a bright blaze obscuring the entrance. “The reactors there just couldn’t cool themselves, and it caused significant radioactive emissions,” he said. Ten minutes later, at 1:40 a.m., the Enerhodar mayor posted on his Telegram channel that the plant was on fire. The U.N. nuclear watchdog said the fire had not affected “essential” equipment and that Ukraine’s regulator reported no change in surrounding radiation levels. “It’s not as dangerous as Chernobyl, but tank fire and nuclear reactors are never a good combination,” he said. Only one of the plant’s six reactors was still generating power for the grid, the spokesman said. The office of Enerhodar’s mayor said Friday in a Telegram post that three Ukrainian service members were killed and two wounded.