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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.
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.
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 ...
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.
Fighting in the southern part of Ukraine where it is located has raised the specter of a potential nuclear disaster like the one at Chernobyl in 1986, where a reactor exploded and blew deadly ...
The effects of a nuclear meltdown depend on the safety features designed into a reactor. A modern reactor is designed both to make a meltdown unlikely, and to contain one should it occur. In a modern reactor, a nuclear meltdown, whether partial or total, should be contained inside the reactor's containment structure.
Ukraine narrowly escaped disaster during fighting at the weekend that rocked Europe's largest atomic power plant with a barrage of shells, some falling near reactors and damaging a radioactive ...