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Nuclear power plants are vulnerable to meltdown at any time, but they are especially vulnerable during wars, such as we are seeing in Ukraine, as evidenced by Russian attacks on the six-reactor Zaporizhizhia nuclear power facility and on the closed nuclear facility at Chornobyl in March 2022. Media articles often dwell on the conditions that More

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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by Cindy Folkers – Ian Fairlie.

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