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Will be used for Nuclear power in Ukraine and associated pages. Plants (lat, long): Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant — 50°18′05″N 26°38′59″E / 50.301406°N 26.649750°E / 50.301406; 26.
At other nuclear power plants, spent rods are kept in cooling tanks. Should water in those tanks become warmer or leak, overheated rods may ignite leading to consequences comparable to the Kyshtym disaster. [6] According to the IAEA, two Russian missiles have already hit nuclear waste ponds in Ukraine.
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.
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 ...
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.
Even if a bomb doesn’t directly hit a reactor, nuclear reactors are delicate structures that need to be operated and maintained carefully to avoid accidents, which could be difficult if they ...