Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses external power

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (AP)

Russian missile attacks caused a crippled nuclear plant in Ukraine to lose all external power for the second time in five days, increasing the risk of a radiation disaster because critical safety systems need electricity to operate, Ukraine’s state nuclear operator said on Wednesday.

On-site monitors from the UN’s atomic energy watchdog reported the last remaining outside line to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was restored about eight hours later.