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IAEA: Chernobyl Power Cut, Transmission Lost at Europe’s Largest Atomic Plant

Power has been cut to the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine said Wednesday, but the UN's atomic watchdog said there was "no critical impact on safety". The news from the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster came as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said data transmission was also lost…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Latest Ukraine updates: Kyiv mayor says half the city has fled

Russia-Ukraine news from March 10: Kyiv’s mayor says nearly two million people have left the capital since invasion.

Al Jazeera

EXPLAINER: What's behind latest scare at Chernobyl plant?

When fighting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine resulted in power cuts to the critical cooling system at the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant, fears arose that spent nuclear fuel would overheat

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Ukraine-Russia war updates: US House votes to ban Russian oil as Ukraine wakes to third week of war — as it happened

The US lower house overwhelmingly approves legislation that would ban Russian oil imports to the United States.

ABC News

Ukraine's deputy PM on Mariupol hospital: 'There is no doubt this was a targeted attack'

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna confirmed an attack from Russian forces on a children's hospital in the city of Mariupol, saying "there is no doubt this has been a targeted attack". She also warned that Russia had shut off the Chernobyl nuclear plant…

France 24

Russia says Ukrainian forces struck power lines supplying Chernobyl plant

Russia's defence ministry accused Ukrainian forces of attacking power lines and a substation feeding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in what it said was a "dangerous provocation", the Russian news agency Interfax reported.

Reuters

France, Europe alarmed by Russian threat to nuclear facilities, EU walks out of IAEA meeting

France says it is in direct contact with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as Paris seeks to assess the situation at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant amid growing fears that Russia's invasion could deliberately target nuclear facilities.

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Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister warns of potential Chernobyl disaster due to power cut but IAEA says situation is not critical

Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereschuk tells the ABC's Four Corners she is concerned about a potential catastrophe if power is not restored at the plant within the next 48 hours.

ABC News

Ukraine calls for ceasefire to restore power at Chernobyl

Ukraine reports power cut at the Chernobyl nuclear plant as IAEA says outage has no ‘critical impact’ on safety.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine: ‘Several areas of concern’ after Chernobyl power plant knocked off grid, experts say

Without power, the ‘parameters of nuclear and radiation safety’ cannot be controlled, authorities warn

The Independent UK

Chernobyl nuclear plant ‘cut from power network’, says state energy company

Officials are said to be unable to monitor radiation levels at the facility after power was severed on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Evacuation efforts resume in Ukraine; power cut to Chernobyl plant

KOZELETS, Ukraine — As basic survival grows increasingly precarious, civilian evacuation efforts resumed Wednesday in Ukrainian cities battered by a Russian assault that shows no let-up after two weeks of relentless bombardment.

Los Angeles Times

IAEA says no critical impact on safety after power loss at Chernobyl

The loss of power at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine does not have any critical impact on safety, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a statement on Wednesday.

Reuters

Chernobyl radiation leak fears as Ukraine minister warns Putin’s 'barbaric war puts entire Europe in danger'

Russia has claimed control of the power plant, where there are fears over radioactive material

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Ukraine warns Chernobyl nuclear plant is without power

A loss of power at the plant could disrupt the cooling of radioactive material stored there.

Reuters

Germany has no knowledge of radiation leaking from Chernobyl plant

Germany has no knowledge of radiation leaking from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, an environment ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Irish Mirror

Major risk of massive radiation leaks as electrical grids around Chernobyl 'damaged', claim Ukraine

Backup generators have only a 48-hour capacity to power the plant, after which dangerous radiations clouds could enter the air

Reuters

Ukraine calls for ceasefire to repair power line to Chernobyl nuclear plant

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Wednesday Russia must urgently observe a temporary ceasefire to allow repairs on a power line to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, saying radiation could be leaked if an electricity outage continues.

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The Independent UK

What really happened at Chernobyl? How the world’s worst nuclear accident happened

Decades after the catastrophe, now a byword for state secrecy, crucial elements remain a mystery, Andy Gregory writes

The Independent UK

Chernobyl: Why did Russian troops take control of infamous nuclear disaster site?

Officials say that Moscow now controls area in northern Ukraine after fire fight

The Independent UK

Chernobyl ‘cut off from grid by Russians’, sparking fears over cooling of spent nuclear fuel

Work to repair connection not possible because fighting is still under way

Reuters

Ukraine sees risk of radiation leak at Chernobyl, IAEA sees 'no critical impact' on safety

Ukraine said on Wednesday there was a danger of a radiation leak at the Chernobyl nuclear power station after electricity was cut off to the plant, but the U.N. nuclear watchdog saw "no critical impact on security".

Daily Mirror

Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffers 'complete blackout' as fears grow over site

People in the region have been left horrified after Ukraine's national nuclear energy company says the lack of power at Chernobyl risks sending radioactive substances into the air

Reuters

Ukraine does not know what's happening at occupied nuclear plants, says energy minister

The Ukrainian authorities do not know what the radiation levels are at Chernobyl nuclear power plant, as they have not heard about what is happening there since it was seized by Russian troops, Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said on Wednesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

IAEA Says Loses Contact with Chernobyl Nuclear Data Systems

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is no longer transmitting data to the UN's atomic watchdog, the agency said Tuesday, as it voiced concern for staff working under Russian guard at the Ukrainian facility. On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine and seized the defunct plant, site of a 1986 disaster that…

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