Europe's largest nuclear plant is under threat. But experts say a Chernobyl-sized disaster is unlikely
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Shelling at the Zaporizhzhia plant in southern Ukraine has sparked fears of disaster. But nuclear experts told CNN that the main risk is closest to the complex itself, and doesn't justify Europe-wide alerts.
Those fears were renewed last week after shelling intensified around the massive Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, which has been under Russian control since March.
Attacks at the complex, which have ramped up as fighting flares in Ukraine's south, have sparked concerns about the specter of nuclear disaster, leading the United Nation's watchdog and world leaders to demand that a mission be allowed to visit the site and assess the damage.
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