Dangers include Zaporizhzhia facility in south-east Ukraine overheating if taken off grid, causing major radioactive accident

France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, has said Russia may plan to decouple the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant from the Ukrainian power grid, backing up warnings from Ukraine’s own nuclear power firm.

Macron spoke to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, on Friday, and said the call was necessary because of the urgent nuclear threat to Europe. Putin agreed to consider allowing a mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency to travel to the plant from Ukrainian territory, Macron said.

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