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Could the Ukraine dam attack pose risks to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant? Experts explain

Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) want access to a location near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. They want to clarify why there are discrepancies between different measurements of the reservoir that supplies water to cool the facility’s reactors.

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IAEA chief to visit Japan for talks on ocean discharge

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi is making arrangements to visit Japan in early July for meetings about the planned release into the ocean of treated water that contains tritium from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, a government source said.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine taking significant casualties and making slow progress towards Russian defence, say western officials – as it happened

Counteroffensive is still ‘going in the right direction’ says officials, in one of west’s first assessments of Ukrainian action launched on 4 June

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London Tech Week: Oliver Stone warns the world not to turn its back on nuclear power

Governments need to work together on expanding the use of nuclear power in order to prevent a climate disaster, Oliver Stone told the audience at London Tech Week.

Evening Standard

UN nuclear chief says large Ukraine atomic power plant held by Russia faces 'dangerous situation'

The largest nuclear power plant in Europe faces “a relatively dangerous situation” after a dam burst in Ukraine and Kyiv launches a counteroffensive to retake ground occupied by Russia

The Independent UK

IAEA chief in Ukraine to inspect nuclear plant under siege

The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, will arrive in Kyiv on Tuesday to meet Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky before heading to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Radio France Internationale

Nuclear power is no silver bullet to wean us from fossil fuels

From home energy retrofits and rooftop solar to wind energy and battery storage, we have more and better ways than ever before to transform our energy systems away from fossil fuels.

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Private hands would derail high-speed train

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Newcastle Herald

Last reactor shut down at Ukraine's largest nuclear plant as fighting, flooding continues

Ukraine's nuclear energy agency says it has put the last operating reactor at Europe's largest nuclear power plant into a “cold shutdown."

The Independent UK

A Ukrainian nuclear plant is facing a water shortage

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant used a large reservoir for cooling water. Now that reservoir is rapidly draining.

WEKU

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam destroyed; counter-offensive appears to enter first stages; fears for safety of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

The Guardian - AU

Nuclear threat in Ukraine shows 'danger' of small modular reactors, campaigner says

The “immense” nuclear threat seen in Ukraine could undermine the case for small modular reactors as a green energy solution, warns the SNP…

The National (Scotland)

Ukraine: cooling pond at Zaporizhzhia plant at risk after dam collapse – report

Nuclear safety organisation says loss of pool would not necessarily be catastrophic, but would dramatically increase safety concerns

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine recap: dams, lies and economic statistics

The likely cause of the destruction of the Kakhovka dam and power plant in the early hours of Tuesday morning remains shrouded in mystery – predictably, both sides are blaming each other. But it’s important to remember that under the Geneva conventions the destruction of infrastructure such as dams and…

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Will faster federal reviews speed up the clean energy shift? Two legal scholars explain what the National Environmental Policy Act does and doesn't do

The National Environmental Policy Act, enacted in 1970, is widely viewed as a keystone U.S. environmental law. For any major federal action that affects the environment, such as building an interstate highway or licensing a nuclear power plant, NEPA requires relevant agencies to analyze environmental impacts, consider reasonable alternatives and…

Salon

Kakhovka dam breach threatens nuke plant

The immediate situation is becoming very precarious

The Conversation

Kakhovka dam breach raises risk for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – receding waters narrow options for cooling

A 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 the city of Enerhodar. The reservoir supplies water necessary for cooling the plant’s shutdown reactors and spent…

Al Jazeera

Oliver Stone: How he stopped worrying and learned to love nuclear

Film director says risk of nuclear contamination from Ukraine war is less threatening to the planet than fossil fuels.

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Kakhovka dam breach: 3 essential reads on what it means for Ukraine's infrastructure, beleaguered nuclear plant and future war plans

A dam that supplies drinking water to thousands of Ukrainians as well as cooling water for reactors at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station was ruptured on June 6, 2023.

WEKU

What we know about a large dam's catastrophic breach in Ukraine

The near obliteration of the Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River has triggered evacuations and raised concern about Europe's largest nuclear power plant, which uses the reservoir to cool its reactors.

Al Jazeera

All to know about Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam explosion

Widespread flooding is expected across swaths of southeastern Ukraine after a large dam was destroyed.

Reuters

After dam bursts, IAEA says Zaporizhzhia's cooling pond must be protected

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.

The Independent UK

Ukraine war map reveals Europe’s largest nuclear power plant ‘threatened’ after dam attack

The International Atomic Energy Agency is ‘closely monitoring the situation’ at the scene

Wales Online

Massive flood in Ukraine as Russia accused of destroying dam

Water from the river is used to help cool Europe’s largest nuclear power station

WEKU

Ukraine blames Russia for blowing up a major southern dam

The surging water from the Kakhovka dam is likely to cause widespread flooding and poses an additional risk to an already troubled nuclear plant. Russia says Ukraine is to blame.

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