Ukrainian authorities say the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, has been knocked off the power grid. Emergency generators are now supplying backup power.
The state communications agency says the outage could put systems for cooling nuclear material at risk.
"If it is not there, the pumps will not perform cooling, which will increase the temperature in the holding pools," Energoatom said in a statement."There will be steaming and release of radioactive substances into the environment."
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