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FILE PHOTO: Security personnel stand at the gate of a residential compound that is under lockdown in Beijing

World Dec 03

News Wrap: China eases some COVID policies in several cities

World Aug 16

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant near Enerhodar
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Safety of nuclear plant in Ukraine at risk amid ongoing fighting

Violence continues near Europe's largest power plant in Ukraine, the nuclear facility at Zaporizhzhia, as Russian and Ukrainian officials continue to trade accusations over who's to blame. Sola Talabi, an adjunct professor and nuclear engineer with nearly two decades in…

By Nick Schifrin

World Mar 09

FILE PHOTO: File photo of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights vulnerability of nuclear power plants

Ukraine gets much of its electricity from nuclear power, but a series of Russian attacks near nuclear plants over the last two weeks are elevating fears of potential accidents and what they could trigger. John Yang reports on the latest…

By John Yang, Courtney Norris

World Mar 03

An exterior view of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant is seen in the town of Enerhodar, eastern Ukraine, June 12, 2008. Ukraine's Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said on December 3, 2014 an accident at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (NPP) in southeast Ukraine posed no danger and that the plant would return to running as normal on December 5. Picture taken June 12, 2008. Photo by Stringer/REUTERS
Europe’s largest nuclear power plant on fire in Ukraine after Russian shelling

A spokesman for the Zaporizhzhia plant told Ukrainian television that shells were falling directly on the facility in the city of Enerhodar and had set fire to one of the facility's six reactors.

By Jim Heintz, Yuras Karmanau, Mstyslav Chernov, Associated Press

Nation Aug 03

Nuclear bailout tied to bribery scandal was years in making

Ohio lawmakers are facing calls to repeal a $1 billion nuclear plant bailout that’s now entangled in a state bribery scandal.

By John Seewer, Associated Press

Mar 12

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After 500 Years in Family, Rice Farmers Forced Off Land by Fukushima

One year after an earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, the country is still trying to recover and decontaminate land and buildings from partial meltdowns of three Fukushima nuclear reactors. In his second report from the region, science correspondent Miles O'Brien…

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