Nuclear power plant attacked by drones

Ukraine has denied involvement in a drone attack on Zaporizhya nuclear power plant – which has been under Russian control since 2022 – and accused Russia of a false flag operation

UKRAINE
Rivne
Chernobyl 
Kyiv
South Ukraine
RUSSIA
Khmelnytskyi
Russian control
Zaporizhya

Zaporizhya Nuclear Plant
Europe’s largest, produced total of 6,000 megawatts of power – one-fifth of Ukraine’s electricity

IAEA warns attack has endangered nuclear safety

Power plant
Nuclear reactor 
Decommissioned reactor

Zaporizhya Nuclear Power Plant

Cooling towers
Six nuclear reactors
Reactor status
“Hot” shutdown 
Under repair 
“Cold” shutdown
Cooling pond

Dome over reactor, cargo area and canteen struck

Electricity pylons
 1 2 3 4 5 6

Radioactive waste storage

200m 650ft


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