By Timothy GardnerWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of Holtec, a private U.S. nuclear power company working in Ukraine, said Russia’s occupation the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is a serious hit to the future of clean energy.Russia took over the plant, Europe’s biggest, soon after its Feb. 24, 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The plant has suffered shelling and cut power lines during the war, raising concerns of a nuclear catastrophe. Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the shelling.Kris Singh, the chief executive of New Jersey-based Holtec International said in an open letter published on Thursday that Russia President Vladimir Putin’s military occupation of the plant should be viewed as a “serious blow to humanity’s clean energy future.”Singh said it has “normalized a new horrendous instrument of war”.Nuclear power backers, including the Biden administration, say the electricity source is…
Russia taking of Ukraine nuclear plant a hit to clean energy future -Holtec
