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
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant seen across the Dnieper River, which was receding after a downstream dam was destroyed.Photo by Carl Court/Getty ImagesA 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...




