Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
Ongoing nuclear safety crisis during the Russo-Ukrainian war
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
At the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, during the Battle of Enerhodar on 4 March 2022, Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, was attacked and occupied by Russian forces. It was the first full-scale military attack and occupation of an operational nuclear power plant in history. It has become the center of an ongoing nuclear safety crisis, described by Ukraine as an act of nuclear terrorism by Russia. Since September 2022, all six reactors have been placed in various states of shutdown, the same month Russia annexed the region in a disputed referendum. In 2025, Russia confirmed its long-term plans for Rosatom to operate the plant, currently operated by Ukrainian Energoatom staff, and in connection to the Russian power grid. Ukrainian forces have made multiple attempts to recapture the plant, and both sides blame each other for direct and indirect attacks on it. ZNPP has seen destruction of its infrastructure via shelling and...
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