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Ukraine / Possible Cyberattack On Nuclear Plant One Of ‘Gravest Concerns’, Carnegie Expert Tells UK MPs

By David Dalton
11 May 2022

‘Other threats may emerge’ if war continues unabated for year or more
Possible Cyberattack On Nuclear Plant One Of ‘Gravest Concerns’, Carnegie Expert Tells UK MPs
Russian forces attacked and occupied Europe’s biggest nuclear power station at Zaporizhzhia.
The gravest concern about Russia’s impact on nuclear risk is that Moscow might intentionally carry out a cyberattack or a physical attack against a nuclear power plant, thereby unleashing a severe accident, a senior fellow in the Carnegie think-tank’s nuclear policy programme told British MPs.

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