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APNEWSALERT:
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Plant spokesman says Russian troops have begun shelling Europe's largest nuclear power station in Ukraine.

APNEWSALERT:KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian government official says smoke visible from Europe’s largest nuclear plant as Russia attacks city of Enerhodar.

Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia's last independent news organizations, says this video shows the Russian attack on the nuclear plant.

https://twitter.com/novaya_gazeta/status/1499542305505751048

Ukraine's foreign minister warns: "If it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chornobyl!"
"Russians must IMMEDIATELY cease the fire, allow firefighters, establish a security zone!"

https://twitter.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1499543775240196099

"elevated levels of radiation are being detected"

https://twitter.com/MegKinnardAP/status/1499546978405036054

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https://twitter.com/JBWolfsthal/status/1499549822713569282

The International Atomic Energy Agency says it is in contact with the Ukrainian authorities about the situation. Earlier, it had called for "an immediate halt to the use of force" around the Ukrainian plant.

https://twitter.com/iaeaorg/status/1499552874719850549

"Severe danger if reactors hit," the International Atomic Energy Agency warns.

https://twitter.com/iaeaorg/status/1499557251627069450

.@AFP: Biden "just spoke with Zelensky" about Ukraine nuclear plant: senior US official

VIDEO: Security camera footage filmed early Friday and verified by @nytimes shows flares landing inside the power complex near a line of military vehicles.
The current condition of the plant, and how many of its reactors were producing energy, is unknown.
nytimes.com/live/2022/03/0…

@nytimes The International Atomic Energy Agency says: “There has been no change reported in radiation levels.”

https://twitter.com/iaeaorg/status/1499562515340177416

@nytimes “Thread on the dangers of the fire at Zaporizhzhya NPP” by the co-director of Carnegie Nuclear Policy Program (@carnegienpp):

https://twitter.com/james_acton32/status/1499541219424317443

@nytimes @carnegienpp The plant has 6 reactors and many acres of open pools of water where spent fuel rods cool off for years, according to William Broad, a @nytimes science reporter with extensive experience covering nuclear issues.

@nytimes @carnegienpp .@AFP: Ukrainian authorities say the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is now secured, after a fire broke out when the station came under attack from Russian forces.
"The director of the plant said that the nuclear safety is now guaranteed."

International Atomic Energy Agency: Ukraine says the fire at the site of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has not affected essential equipment, and plant personnel are taking "mitigatory actions."

Biden spoke with Zelensky about the fire at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and joined him in urging Russia to “cease its military activities in the area and allow firefighters and emergency responders to access the site,” the White House said.

Zelensky: "No state except Russia has ever fired at nuclear power plants. This is the first time in the history of mankind that a terrorist state has also resorted to nuclear terror.”
Thread with his remarks:

https://twitter.com/OstapYarysh/status/1499566786890670084

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The International Atomic Energy Agency puts its "Incident and Emergency Center" into 24/7 status.

https://twitter.com/iaeaorg/status/1499582507653681186

The American Nuclear Society condemned the Russian attack on the reactor but noted that so far, “there are no indications that any damage caused by the attack poses an additional threat to the public.”
The latest radiation readings are “within natural background levels.”

British PM Johnson said he would seek an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the issue of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
He urged Russia to “immediately cease its attack” on the plant and allow access to emergency services.

The US energy secretary said: "We have seen no elevated radiation readings near the facility.”

https://twitter.com/SecGranholm/status/1499577622417666048