A reported fire at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in occupied Ukraine has been put out, according to Russia’s Tass state news agency, which cited the state-owned nuclear power company Rosatom.
Both Ukrainian and Russian sources indicate that the fire occurred at one of the cooling towers, which Tass reported was an inactive installation.
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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.