The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has enough water to cool its reactors for 'several months' from a pond located above the reservoir of a nearby dam that has broken, the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Tuesday, calling for the pond to be spared.
A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander ErmochenkoIAEA says large pond has months of essential cooling waterZaporizhzhia is Europe's biggest nuclear power plant
, unleashing flood waters across the war zone in what both Ukraine and Russia said was an intentional attack by the other's forces. "There are a number of alternative sources of water. A main one is the large cooling pond next to the site that by design is kept above the height of the reservoir," International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said in aWater from the pond should provide enough cooling water for "some months", Grossi said, adding that his agency would confirm that "very shortly".
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