While Russia’s military operation against Ukraine continues, the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Energodar was targeted by Russian troops the other day.
NEW IMAGES SHARED
The Center for Strategic Communications of Ukraine shared new images from the control room of the nuclear power plant. It was stated that the authorities received continuous information from the power plant employees, where the Russian forces took control, and that there was no negative situation at the power plant for the time being.
WHAT HAPPENED?
After the Russian forces clashed with the Ukrainian soldiers while trying to seize the power plant, a fire broke out in the administration building 250 meters away from the power plant.
THE IMPORTANCE OF ZAPORIJIA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant, which was built in 1984-1995, is known as the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and the ninth largest in the world. The power plant, which has 6 reactors, each of which has a total capacity of 950 megawatts, can supply energy to approximately 4 million households with a total electricity production of 5700 megawatts. The power plant, which meets 20 percent of the total electricity production in Ukraine, has a 50 percent share in electricity generation from nuclear energy.
Located southeast of Ukraine’s capital, Kiev, and west of the pro-Russian separatist-controlled Donbas, the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant is located on the banks of the Dnipro River. (UAV/AA)