“Burst” reactor vessel at Ukrainian nuclear power plant could lead to “Chernobyl-type event”

Republican strategist John Jordan has said that if the reactor vessel ruptures at Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, it could end in a “Chernobyl-type event.”

Jordan’s remarks came after the UN secretary-general called for an end to fighting near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed a demilitarized zone around the Zaporizhia factory as constant shelling has caused international concern.

“Both sides are now trying to position themselves so that if that point is reached, the other side will be blank,” Jordan told Sky News Australia.