Ukraina: Ryssland använder kärnkraftverk som bas
Ryska trupper använder kärnkraftverket i Zaporizjzja, Europas största, som bas för artilleribeskjutningen av intilliggande områden. Det uppger Petro Kotin, företrädare för den ukrainska kärnkraftsmyndigheten Energoatom, enligt AFP.
– Ockupanterna tar dit sin utrustning, inklusive robotsystem, med vilka de beskjuter den andra sidan av floden Dnipro och terroritoriet kring Nikopol.
Kärnkraftverket har varit kontrollerat av Ryssland sedan invasionens första veckor, men drivs fortfarande av ukrainsk personal.
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Kärnkraftverket i Zaporizjzja
Wikipedia (en)
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station (Ukrainian: Запорізька атомна електростанція, romanized: Zaporizʹka atomna elektrostantsiya) in southeastern Ukraine is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and among the 10 largest in the world. It was built by the Soviet Union near the city of Enerhodar, on the southern shore of the Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dnieper river. It is operated by Energoatom, who also operate Ukraine's other three nuclear power stations.
The plant has 6 VVER-1000 pressurized light water nuclear reactors (PWR), each fuelled with 235U (LEU) and generating 950 MWe, for a total power output of 5,700 MWe. The first five were successively brought online between 1985 and 1989, and the sixth was added in 1995. The plant generates nearly half of the country's electricity derived from nuclear power, and more than a fifth of total electricity generated in Ukraine. The Zaporizhzhia thermal power station is nearby.
On 4 March 2022, both plants were captured by Russian forces during the Battle of Enerhodar of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. As of 12 March 2022 the plant is reportedly controlled by the Russian company Rosatom.
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