Several recent drones attacks on the site, which Russia captured in March 2022, highlight the potential for a major accident.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency says the plant has enough water to last for several months. What happens afterward or if the remaining water is lost to the war could lead to a disaster.
Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for the attack on crucial civilian infrastructure. Experts explain what the incident means for future war plans, and for the safety of the affected region.
Ecological damage, risk of nuclear accident and the economic fallout from war all affect countries well beyond the conflict zone. How should the world deal with these borderless threats?
For now there is little hope of a peace deal, but back-channel agreements show that Ukraine and Russia are at least talking.
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Ukraine seemed to have recovered well from COVID and its economy was forecast to grow strongly. But then Russia invaded.
While some parts of eastern Ukraine have been under partial Russian control since 2014, other sections continue to fight back. Most residents overall have said they don’t want to be part of Russia.
The power plant’s sixth reactor has been shut down, all but eliminating the risk of a nuclear meltdown. But fighting at the site could still release radioactive material.
Vladmir Putin has a new problem. His invasion of Ukraine is not just bogged down. It’s going backwards.
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Plans to create a safe zone around the massive nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia require Russian agreement, which so far looks unlikely.
Artillery shelling, stressed-out technicians and power supply disruptions increase the chances of catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest.
The conflict highlights the folly of nations exiting nuclear power while continuing to use coal, gas and oil.
The world held its collective breath as Russian troops battled Ukrainian forces at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The battle is over and no radiation escaped, but the danger is far from over.
The fire at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine understandably raised the spectre of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. But thankfully this time another nuclear catastrophe was avoided.
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