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Ukraine is home to four nuclear power plants, as well as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. [1] As of January 2024 [update] , both the Chernobyl and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plants saw battles during the war that resulted from the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine .
Energoatom, a Ukrainian state enterprise, operates all four active nuclear power stations in Ukraine. [3] In 2019, nuclear power supplied over 20% of Ukraine's energy. [4] In 2021, Ukraine's nuclear reactors produced 81 TWh — over 55% of its total electricity generation, [5] and the second-highest share in the world, behind only France.
A potential disaster may exceed the scale of previous disasters at nuclear power plants. [2] [3] According to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), "The situation in Ukraine is unprecedented. It is the first time a military conflict has occurred amid the facilities of a large, established nuclear power" program. [4]
Nuclear experts have warned of the risk of damage to the plant's spent nuclear fuel pools or its reactors. Cuts in power needed to cool the pools could cause a disastrous meltdown.
Ukraine has a total 15 active nuclear reactors, six at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant which was captured in the early hours of Friday.
If any sort of meltdown occurs, residents of surrounding communities could be exposed to dangerous radioactive material. ... “There are other nuclear power plants in Ukraine that are much weaker ...
Satellite image of the reactor and surrounding area in April 2009. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, [a] also called the 30-Kilometre Zone or simply The Zone, [5]: p.2–5 [b] was established shortly after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. [5]: p.4–5 : p.49f.3
Russia's state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, said Ukraine attacked the plant three times on Sunday with drones, first injuring three near a canteen, then attacking a cargo area and then the dome ...