Ukrainian authorities have started giving out iodine tablets to residents near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as concerns grow about a potential major nuclear catastrophe.
Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleCopy linkUkrainian officials are so concerned about a potential nuclear disaster at the Zaporizhzhia power plant — currently under Russian control — they have begun distributing iodine tablets to nearby residents.
Zelenskyy said the plant's emergency backup diesel generators had to be activated to supply electricity to operate the complex. Satellite images from Planet Labs show fires burning around the complex — Europe's biggest nuclear plant — over the last several days.For Ukrainians still haunted by the 1986 explosion at Chernobyl, the incident heightened fears of another nuclear disaster.
"The nuclear workers of Zaporizhzhia power plant are real heroes!" the agency said in a statement referring to the Ukrainian staff still operating the plant."They tirelessly and firmly uphold the nuclear and radiation safety of Ukraine and the whole of Europe on their shoulders." They were offered in the city of Zaporizhzhia, about 45 kilometres from the plant itself, which is currently under the control of Ukraine.Russian forces currently occupy the Zaporizhzhia plant, but Ukrainians are keeping it running.
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