Ukraine: consequences of the damage to the Kakhovka dam on the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant
08/06/2023
The Kakhovka dam, located downstream of the Zaporizhzhya power plant, was severely damaged on the night of June 5-6, 2023, leading to a significant drop in the level of the Dnieper River upstream of the dam. The plant is currently cooled by water pumped into specially designed on-site basins. There is no short-term risk to the plant.
Find other information documents published since February 2022 :
- Download IRSN information report from March 1, 2022 “Situation of nuclear facilities in Ukraine” (PDF)
- Download IRSN information report from March 7, 2022 "Update on the risk situation regarding Ukrainian nuclear facilities" (PDF)
- Download IRSN information note from March 10, 2022 "Situation at the Chernobyl site" (PDF)
- Download IRSN information report from March 22, 2022 "Arrangements in the event of a total loss of external power supplies of the Zaporizhzhya power plant in Ukraine" (PDF)
- See our information note "Ukraine: Report on fires in the Chernobyl exclusion zone" from March 25, 2022
- Download IRSN information report of August 8, 2022, "Situation of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine after the shelling of August 5 and 6, 2022" (pdf)
- Download IRSN information report of August 12, 2022, "Situation of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine after the shelling of August 11, 2022 (pdf)
- Download IRSN information report of September 6, 2022, "Description of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and its environment as of September 6, 2022" (pdf)
- See "The importance of preserving the safety of nuclear facilities in Ukraine"