Chernobyl nuclear plant not sending safety signals; Ukraine doesn't know radiation levels, says 'power is cut' | South China Morning Post

The Ukrainian authorities do not know what the radiation levels are at Chernobyl nuclear power plant, as they have not heard about what is happening there since it was seized by Russian troops, Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said on Wednesday. He said Ukraine also had no control over what was happening at the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where it said 400 Russian troops were stationed, while Ukraine's energy operator Ukrenergo said power had been entirely cut to the Chernobyl plant and its security systems. The nuclear power plant "was fully disconnected from the power grid," it said in a…