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Reporter’s notebook: Inside Ukraine’s nuclear plants at war
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Reporter’s notebook: Inside Ukraine’s nuclear plants at war

by Dominic Culverwell

Walking around a nuclear power plant in north-western Ukraine, it feels like there are as many soldiers as there are plant workers. The guns are an unnerving sight, but not unexpected — the border with Belarus is just 65 kilometers away. At the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, employees at the Rivne nuclear power plant prepared for occupation, as Russian troops entering from Belarus swiftly captured the Chornobyl plant. Then, days later, the Russians did something even more egregious — th

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Reporter’s notebook: Inside Ukraine’s nuclear plants at war

Walking around a nuclear power plant in north-western Ukraine, it feels like there are as many soldiers as there are plant workers. The guns are an unnerving sight, but not unexpected — the border with Belarus is just 65 kilometers away. At the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, employees at the Rivne nuclear power plant prepared for occupation, as Russian troops entering from Belarus swiftly captured the Chornobyl plant. Then, days later, the Russians did something even more egregious — th

US, EU deepen cooperation on critical minerals

The United States and the European Union on April 24 signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation on critical minerals as part of a broader effort to secure and diversify global supply chains.

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