Last reactor shut down at Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant as fighting continues

Last reactor shut down at Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant as fighting continues
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (AP)

Ukraine’s nuclear energy agency has put the last operating reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant into “cold shutdown”.

The move is a safety precaution amid catastrophic flooding from the collapse of a nearby dam, as Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on through its 16th month.

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