Nuclear power plant “out of control”

The IAEA has appealed for access to the Zaporizhia plant – now under Russian control but operated by Ukrainian technicians – to allow experts to stabilize the complex and avoid a nuclear accident


Rivne 
Khmelnytskyi
Chernobyl
Kyiv
UKRAINE
South Ukraine
Zaporizhia
RUSSIA

Territory controlled by Russia


Physical integrity: Continued attacks, munitions stored on-site

Supply chain: Availability of equipment and spare parts disrupted

Inspections: Loss of surveillance systems, no IAEA visits since invasion

Power plant
Nuclear reactor 
Decommissioned reactor


Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant
Produced total of 6,000 megawatts of power – one-fifth of Ukraine’s electricity

Cooling towers 
Cooling pond
Radioactive waste storage
Electricity pylons

Two of six reactors operating

1 2 3 4 5 6

200m 650ft


Sources: IAEA, Reuters, Associated Press
Picture: Google Earth
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