Because the world observes 40 years of the Chornobyl catastrophe, the biggest civilian nuclear catastrophe in historical past, Russia continues to be an issue for world nuclear security. Simply as Moscow had hid the extent of the Chornobyl catastrophe that had taken place on Ukrainian territory, Russia at the moment has occupied the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Energy Plant (ZNPP), the biggest nuclear energy plant in Europe, because the early days of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Moscow makes use of Ukraine’s ZNPP for nuclear blackmail, stationing Russian troops immediately on the nuclear energy plant’s complicated. ZNPP has additionally taken harm throughout the course of the battle, with the Russians displaying full disregard for security. TOI’s Rudroneel Ghosh spoke with Dymtro Orlov, mayor of Enerhodar, the place ZNPP is positioned, on the situation of the nuclear energy plant, life below occupation, and doable options to this harmful difficulty.