The power plant was later seized, according to Ukraine’s state nuclear regulator.
There areno signs of elevated radiation levels around the plant, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The website for the plant, which shows radiation levels, wasnot accessibleat the time of writing.
Energoatom said the fire broke out in a nearby training building and didn’t affect the reactor buildings.
It is a war crime to attack a nuclear power plant.
“It is certainly not the behavior of a responsible nuclear power,“Kirby told CNN.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant contains six light-water nuclear reactors.
Zaporizhzhia is approximately 500 miles to the south of Chernobyl.
Irwin notes that they have multiple cooling systems to get to prevent a meltdown.
