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Kakhovka dam breach raises risk for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – receding waters narrow options for cooling

  • Written by Najmedin Meshkati, Professor of Engineering and International Relations, University of Southern California
Kakhovka dam breach raises risk for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – receding waters narrow options for coolingThe Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant seen across the Dnieper River, which was receding after a downstream dam was destroyed.Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images

A blast on June 6, 2023, destroyed the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River in eastern Ukraine. The rupture lowered water levels in a reservoir upriver at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in...

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