Zaporizhzhia Ukraine S Largest Nuclear Power Plant Is Under Threat. But Experts Say A Chernobyl Sized Disaster Is Unlikely
“It’s not very likely that this plant will be destroyed,” Leon Cizelj, president of the European Nuclear Society, told CNN. “In the very unlikely event, the radioactive problem would mainly affect Ukrainians living nearby,” rather than spreading across eastern Europe as happened with Chernobyl, he said. “If we were to use past experience, Fukushima could be a worst-case comparison,” Cizelj added, referring to the severe but more localized meltdown at the Japanese plant in 2011....