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Ukrainian officials said on Friday the fire at Europe's largest nuclear power plant had been extinguished, but now the facility is under Russian control after the fighting.
In a later statement at a news conference Friday, a U.N. official
Rafael Mariano Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said a Russian rifle struck a building at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southeastern Ukraine that was not part of the reactor, injuring two people. He said his organization had contacted Ukrainian officials and center officials after the strike.
"We are fortunate that no radiation was released and that the integrity of the reactors themselves was not compromised," he said.
Earlier on Friday, Mayor Dmytro Orlov of Enerhodar, a town near the Zaporizhzhia industry, sent a message to his Telegram account saying the flames had been extinguished. The Ukrainian nuclear regulator has issued a statement confirming the fire.
The Ukrainian regional company that runs the facility sent a message Friday to Telegram stating that the plant is now under Russian control. "Russian forces control the administration building and entry into the industry," he said. "Our internal staff, ensure the sustainable operation of nuclear facilities. Temperatures are normal," he said.
The company said there were casualties among the injured but did not elaborate, saying its website had been hit by a cyberattack attack.
The building was bombed by Russian bombers on Thursday - sparking an outcry over any possible radiation damage and international calls for Russia to halt its attacks.
In a heartwarming speech at midnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the fire could mean "the end of all. The end of Europe. The expulsion of Europe." He also had a phone call last night with President Biden.
Zaporizhzhia industry supplies about a quarter of Ukraine's electricity. The war has already affected Ukraine's critical infrastructure, which has led to power outages across the country.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has condemned the Russian attack and said he would seek an emergency U.N. summit. Security Council, reports the Associated Press. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described the attack as "horrific," and said it should "stop immediately." Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausea has called Russia's action "an act of nuclear terrorism."
In an unusual statement made public about the unrest in Ukraine, China said it was "deeply concerned about the safety and security" of nuclear facilities in Ukraine following the attack.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters Friday that China will continue to monitor developments in the Zaporizhzhia factory in the city of Enerhodar and "calls on all parties involved to remain calm and restrained, to prevent further tensions and ensure national security. Nuclear facilities," he said. -Associated Press.
During the attack, security photos from the main gate of the facility, built by the NPR, showed what appeared to be Russian soldiers at the entrance to the power plant, participating in the fight on the site. Photographs also showed what appeared to be a fire in one of the center's administrative buildings.
In a brief statement Thursday, the International Atomic Energy Agency said it had received a report from atomic authorities in Ukraine that Russian weapons and paramilitary forces had broken through a wall in a nearby city earlier in the day.
"War continues in the city of Enerhodar and on the road to the ZNPP [Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant]," the director told the IAEA, adding that the situation was "critical."
Biden spoke to Zelenskyy about the attack and joined him in urging Russia to suspend its military operations in the region and to allow firefighters and paramedics to enter the area.
US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Twitter she had spoken to her Ukrainian counterpart and that the reactors at the facility were safely shut down. He also said, "We have not seen radiation readings near the surface."
The IAEA said the fire did not affect important areas and that Ukraine's nuclear regulator had reported no change in radiation levels, according to the AP. The American Nuclear Society agreed, stating that the latest levels of radiation reside in the background.
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is Europe's largest nuclear power plant. It is located in the southeast of Ukraine. It contains six VVER-designed water reactors designed in Russia from the 1980s and 1990s. Ukraine relies on 15 reactors distributed nationally for almost half of its electricity.
Ukraine was the scene of the world's largest nuclear disaster, the 1986 reactor explosion in the Chernobyl plant. Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine's foreign minister, warned that if the same thing happened in Zaporizhzhia, "it would be 10 times greater."
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