Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

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The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is the largest nuclear power station in Europe, located in southeastern Ukraine and a focal point of safety concerns during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electric power facility ⓘ
nuclear power plant ⓘ
backupPowerSource diesel generators ⓘ
cityFoundedForPlant Enerhodar ⓘ
linked to: Energodar
constructionCompany Soviet nuclear industry ⓘ
constructionStart 1980 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
coolingSource Kakhovka Reservoir ⓘ
country Ukraine ⓘ
designOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
distanceToZaporizhzhiaCity approximately 50 km ⓘ
electricalCapacityPerReactor 1000 MWe ⓘ
event Russian invasion of Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: Russo-Ukrainian War
firstReactorCommissioned 1984 ⓘ
governedBySafetyStandards IAEA safety standards ⓘ
gridConnectionStatusBefore2022Invasion fully connected to Ukrainian power grid ⓘ
hasBeenDisconnectedFromGrid yes, multiple times during conflict ⓘ
hasBeenOccupiedBy Russian forces ⓘ
hasDryCaskStorage yes ⓘ
hasExperienced off-site power losses during conflict ⓘ
shelling in vicinity during conflict ⓘ
hasIAEAPresenceSince 2022 ⓘ
hasSpentFuelStorage yes ⓘ
isFocalPointOf international nuclear safety concerns ⓘ
military activity-related safety risks ⓘ
isLargest largest nuclear power station in Europe ⓘ
lastReactorCommissioned 1995 ⓘ
locatedIn Enerhodar ⓘ
linked to: Energodar

Zaporizhzhia Oblast ⓘ
southeastern Ukraine ⓘ
locatedOn Dnieper River ⓘ
linked to: Dnieper

bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir ⓘ
nearbyInfrastructure thermal power plant in Enerhodar ⓘ
numberOfReactors 6 ⓘ
occupationStart March 2022 ⓘ
operatorBefore2022 Energoatom ⓘ
peacetimeShareOfUkraineElectricity significant portion of national generation ⓘ
primaryFuel low-enriched uranium ⓘ
reactorStatusDuringOccupation periods of cold and hot shutdown ⓘ
reactorType VVER-1000 ⓘ
pressurized water reactor ⓘ
regulatoryBodyBefore2022 State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine ⓘ
safetyConcern risk from military operations near reactors ⓘ
risk of loss of cooling ⓘ
risk to spent fuel storage ⓘ
subjectOfMonitoringBy International Atomic Energy Agency ⓘ
subjectOfUNSecurityCouncilMeetings yes ⓘ
thermalCapacityPerReactor 3000 MWth ⓘ
totalNetElectricalCapacity about 5700 MWe ⓘ

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destruction of Kakhovka Dam → relatedTo → Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
Zaporizhzhia Oblast → contains → Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
Kakhovka Reservoir → suppliesCoolingWaterTo → Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
southern front of the Russo-Ukrainian War → includesInfrastructure → Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
Energodar → hasFacility → Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
Energodar → locatedNear → Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
Energodar → energyComplexName → Zaporizhzhia power complex ⓘ
linked to: Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
V-320 → usedAtPlant → Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
linked to: Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Zaporizhzhia → locatedNear → Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ