Commentary: A Ukrainian nuclear plant is under attack. We can’t risk another Chernobyl
by Jane Olson, Los Angeles Times
Sep 02, 2022
3 minutes
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, lies along the Dnieper River in southeastern Ukraine. After Russian forces brutally invaded Ukraine six months ago, they gained control of the nuclear facility early in the fighting. They based soldiers and heavy equipment there and have been using the plant as a defensive shield, lobbing shells from there and hoping Ukrainians would not risk hitting one of the six power units by counterattacking.
But Russian
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