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Erik Wesselius
@erikwesselius@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 22 hours ago

The #Zaporizhzhia #nuclear plant, Europe’s largest with six reactors, was seized by Russian troops in 2022 and each side regularly accuses the other of attacks that endanger nuclear safety. The power plant is close to the frontline.

It produces no electricity at the moment, but needs power to ensure fuel in the reactors remains cool and no #meltdown occurs. It was the 10th occasion since the start of the conflict that the plant has been disconnected from the power grid.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/01/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-ukraine-power-outage

the Guardian

Zelenskyy sounds alarm over unprecedented power outage at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Ukrainian president says Russian shelling is preventing work to restore links to grid and that one of the plant’s diesel generators has failed
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