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News Articles: Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

Technicians at the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant demonstrate the process for reactivating one of the facility's Soviet-era reactors.

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Ukraine strains to safely operate nuclear power plants while under Russian invasion

Russia has occupied the massive Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which sits roughly 50 miles from the front lines. Ukraine's other reactors are also operating in a volatile war zone.

September 06, 2023
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By:
  • Brian Mann
A Russian serviceman guards the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in in southeastern Ukraine in May 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has placed devices that look like explosives on top of reactors at the plant. He says Russia may carry out sabotage and blame Ukraine. Russia, in turn, says Ukraine is planning to attack the plant.

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  • Europe

Ukraine's Zelenskyy warns of possible Russian sabotage at nuclear plant

Zelenskyy made the alarming claim in his nightly video address, adding that he believes the Russians may soon damage the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and blame Ukraine.

July 05, 2023
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By:
  • Greg Myre
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir. Water levels in the reservoir have been falling rapidly after a critical dam collapsed.

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  • Science

A Ukrainian nuclear plant is facing a water shortage

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant used a large reservoir for cooling water. Now that reservoir is rapidly draining.

June 13, 2023
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
A resident walks on Sunday in a flooded street after the Kakhovka Dam burst and unleashed floodwaters, in Kherson, Ukraine.

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  • World

Latest in Ukraine: The counteroffensive is on, so is massive flooding

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

June 12, 2023
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By:
  • Alex Leff
An aerial view of Bakhmut, the site of heavy battles with Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday.

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  • World

Latest in Ukraine: Putin will move tactical nuclear weapons into Belarus (March 27)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

March 27, 2023
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By:
  • NPR Staff
Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, pictured here in October, has operated with emergency power sources six times since Russia's offensive started.

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  • World

Ukraine's top nuclear plant lost power for the sixth time. Is disaster imminent?

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station was among the Ukrainian structures damaged by a barrage of Russian missiles on Wednesday. Though power has been restored, the threat of nuclear meltdown remains.

March 09, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
People search the rubble of a house following a Russian strike in the village of Velyka Vilshanytsia, near the city of Lviv in Western Ukraine, on Thursday.

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  • Europe

Russia hits multiple cities across Ukraine, some with hypersonic missiles

Ukrainian officials say at least six people were killed in Lviv and other cities in a Russian bombardment that included advanced Kinzhal missiles, which air defenses can't shoot down.

March 09, 2023
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  • Joanna Kakissis
Dropping water levels in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine have exposed fishing nets and roots of aquatic plants along the shoreline of the Dnipro river.

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  • Investigations

Russia is draining a massive Ukrainian reservoir, endangering a nuclear plant

Satellite data show water levels plummeting at the Kakhovka Reservoir. The reservoir supplies drinking water, irrigates vast tracts of farmland, and cools Europe's largest nuclear plant.

February 10, 2023
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  • Geoff Brumfiel,
  • Connie Hanzhang Jin,
  • and 3 more
View of the Chernobyl nuclear power station after the explosion on April 26, 1986, in Chernobyl, Ukraine.

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  • World

Ukraine still fears another Chernobyl-size disaster at Europe's largest nuclear plant

International atomic experts have warned of a potential nuclear disaster with Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia plant in the middle of a war zone, bringing back terrifying memories of Chernobyl.

December 11, 2022
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  • Julian Hayda
A view of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant and the Dnipro river on the other side of Nikopol, Ukraine, on Aug, 22, 2022.

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  • Europe

Russia accused of 'kidnapping' head of Ukraine nuclear plant

Russian forces seized the director-general of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on Friday, Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom said.

October 01, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Ukrainian soldiers stand over bags containing the remains of exhumed bodies at a mass grave site in Izium, Ukraine.

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  • World

Russia-Ukraine war updates: Putin met Xi, mass graves found in Izium (Sept. 19)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

September 19, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar on Sunday. It is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and among the 10 largest in the world.

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  • Europe

Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactors won't restart until Russians leave, its operator says

Europe's largest nuclear plant will remain shut down until Russian forces leave, the head of Ukraine's atomic energy agency tells NPR. Under Russian occupation, he says, "staff cannot operate freely."

September 15, 2022
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf
A Ukrainian soldier stands atop an abandoned Russian tank near a village on the outskirts of Izium, in the Kharkiv region, eastern Ukraine. Ukraine said its swift offensive took significant ground back from Russia.

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  • World

Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (Sept. 12)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

September 12, 2022
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By:
  • NPR Staff
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Mariano Grossi talks to reporters on a road outside the city of Zaporizhzhia after his visit to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Sept. 1, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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  • Europe

Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (Sept. 5)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

September 05, 2022
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By:
  • NPR Staff
A motorcade transporting the International Atomic Energy Agency expert mission, escorted by the Russian military, arrives at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant amid the conflict in Ukraine, outside the city of Enerhodar, Ukraine, on Thursday.

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  • World

As inspectors leave Ukraine's nuclear plant, the mayor of a nearby town has high hopes

Enerhodar Mayor Dmytro Orlov speaks to NPR about the risks of attacks and nuclear disaster with Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia plant under Russian occupation.

September 01, 2022
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  • Ashley Westerman
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