Last Power-Generating Reactor at Zaporizhzhia Shuts Down

Occupation of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and Nuclear Safety Crisis

This issue tracks the nuclear safety crisis at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant after Armed Forces of the Russian Federation took control of the facility in March 2022. It covers the permanent on-site presence of International Atomic Energy Agency, the end of power generation, cooling-water risks following the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, attacks and fires at the site, repeated losses of off-site electricity, dependence on emergency diesel generators, and localized ceasefires arranged to repair damaged power lines.

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