War in the shadow of nuclear power plants. The conflict in Ukraine has shown why nuclear power has no future in Europe
The ongoing war in Ukraine is changing the view on the European energy industry. A few initial days have already seen fighting in the vicinity of two nuclear power plants. Near the decommissioned nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, where the disaster in 1986 occurred, and near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is one of the largest in the world. The latter was even shelled by the Russian army during the fighting.
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