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Zaporizhzhia / Cause Of Fire Remains Unclear As IAEA Says Cooling Tower May Need To Be Dismantled

By David Dalton
14 August 2024

Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of being behind incident at nuclear station

Cause Of Fire Remains Unclear As IAEA Says Cooling Tower May Need To Be Dismantled
Smoke rises from cooling tower number 1 at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine on Sunday 11 August. Courtesy Ukrainian Presidential Press Office.
The structural integrity of cooling tower number 1 needs to be assessed following a fire at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine and there may be a need to dismantle it, an International Atomic Energy Agency team at the Russia-controlled site has been told.

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