Factbox-Ukraine's battlefield nuclear plant: what are the risks?


  • World
  • Friday, 19 Aug 2022

An overview of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, in this picture released on August 18, 2022. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) - The world nuclear watchdog has said fighting around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine is "very alarming" and that it urgently needs to send inspectors to assess the risks.

These are some of those risks, outlined to Reuters by technicians at the plant, the head of Ukraine's state nuclear power firm and other experts:

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