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Nuclear Crisis: Zaporizhzhia Plant Faces Power Loss Risks
9/28/2025
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- The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has lost external power for over three days; emergency generators maintain cooling.
- IAEA Director Rafael Grossi called the situation deeply concerning and met Vladimir Putin to discuss it.
- Greenpeace specialists say Russia may restart a reactor to assert control amid wartime risks.
- Russia says it has diesel for 20 days; generator failure could cause a meltdown.
