Europe's largest nuclear plant is on the brink of disaster if total power loss is achieved, with experts saying that it is a fragile situation that needs monitoring View 4 Images A major nuclear plant risks meltdown (Image: UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SER)
A nuclear plant faces the risk of meltdown from it's longest blackout since 2022, with experts cautioning about a single power line's dangerous vulnerability. Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant lost its last connection to the external grid on September 23.
This makes it the 10th outage since the war began, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Since Friday, the plant's six reactors were inactive as it remained in a cold shutdown, but it still needs regular electricity to keep cooling systems o