Ukrainian nuclear power plant operator Energoatom said all nuclear power plants in the country, including the Zaporizhzhia site seized by Russian military forces, are running stably. Ukrainian authorities earlier accused Russian forces of setting fire to a training facility adjacent to Zapo...
KIEV, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine's existing nuclear power plants (NPPs) continue to operate stably, the country's state-run nuclear energy operator Energoatom said in a statement on Monday. "Radiation, fire and environmental conditions at NPPs and adjacent territories have not changed and a...
UkraineUkraine is a major nuclear power, with 15 reactors that produce more than 13,000 megawatts of electricity annually. Nuclear power has become important in contemporary Ukraine as the country's leaders seek energy independence from Russian oil and gas amid significant tensions between the two ...
VIENNA, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Saturday that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has once again lost connection to its last remaining main external power line but the facility continues to supply electricity to the grid through a ...
“All of these events have led to an additional emergency shutdown of the electrical network of two units at thermal power plants – the Dnieper and Uglegorskaya – and the emergency unloading by 500 MW of nuclear power plants in Ukraine. This includes Zaporozhskaya NPP and the South Ukrain...
In a significant announcement on August 7, Ukraine's Energy Minister, Herman Halushchenko, revealed that an impressive 60% of the nation's electricity is currently generated by nuclear power plants. This declaration underscores the pivotal role of nuclear energy in Ukraine's power system, ...
Grynchuk announced that comprehensive monitoring systems have not detected any radioactive emissions thus far. This information comes in the aftermath of a troubling incident that occurred on August 11, when both Ukraine and Russia accused one another of causing a fire in the power plant's cooling...
Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted, "Russian army is firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Fire has already broke out. If it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chornobyl! Russians must IMMEDIATELY cease the fire, allow...
The ministry said reconnecting the power unit would have "a significant impact on the stability of the power system and reduce the existing electricity shortage". Ukraine is operating nine reactors at three nuclear plants in the territory it controls, with six other units at the Zaporizhzhia nucl...
Before the war, the plant accounted for about half of the electricity generated by nuclear power in Ukraine. The country has 15 reactors at four active plants, and also is home to the decommissioned Chernobyl plant, the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster. RUSSIANS TAKE CONTROL Russian troops ov...