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  2. Impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on nuclear power plants

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    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.

  3. Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant - Wikipedia

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    The potential catastrophe quickly led Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accuse Russian leader Vladimir Putin of “nuclear terrorism”. [32] Ukrayinska Pravda reported on 12 March 2022 that the plant's management was told by Russian authorities that the plant now belonged to Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear power company. [9]

  5. IAEA warns that attacks on a nuclear plant in Russian ... - AOL

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    Zaporizhzhia sits in Russian-controlled territory in southeastern Ukraine and has six nuclear reactors. Fears of a nuclear catastrophe have been at the forefront since Russian troops occupied the ...

  6. Explainer-The nuclear power plant in the eye of the Ukraine war

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    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 ...

  7. Ukraine and Russia stoke nuclear fears around ... - AOL

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    Ukraine and Russia are stoking fears of a massive disaster at Ukraine’s nuclear power plant — the largest in Europe — even as independent experts see no evidence of an impending attack.

  8. Nuclear power in Ukraine - Wikipedia

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    Rivne Nuclear Power Plant. Ukraine operates four nuclear power plants with 15 reactors located in Volhynia and South Ukraine. [1] The total installed nuclear power capacity is over 13 GWe, ranking 7th in the world in 2020. [2] Energoatom, a Ukrainian state enterprise, operates all four active nuclear power stations in Ukraine. [3]

  9. Ukraine to submit resolution on nuclear safety to UN General ...

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    It is shut down but needs external power to keep its nuclear material cool and prevent a meltdown. "Ukraine will submit the draft resolution to the General Assembly for consideration shortly ...