KYIV, June 27 – A possible blowing up of the reactors of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (NPP) by Russian occupiers will not lead to large-scale consequences of contamination of the territory and the population, comparable to the Chornobyl accident, Head of the State Nuclear Regulation Inspectorate of Ukraine Oleh Korikov said during the United News national telethon on Tuesday.

"Today, we have all six reactors at the Zaporizhia NPP in a state of shutdown. They have not been operating for nine months or more. That is, the state of residual heat release in the fuel is rather small and, in fact, under the current situation we do not expect aerosol impact on the territory and the population," he said.