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Important point, Russia keeps attacking the Kiyv dam by missiles, shelling, and tried to mine it at least once. If Kiyv dam is destroyed, not only the Kiyv city
by baybal2 5y ago
Important point, Russia keeps attacking the Kiyv dam by missiles, shelling, and tried to mine it at least once. If Kiyv dam is destroyed, not only the Kiyv city will suffer damage, but Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station will be right in the path of deluge, and flood zone.
Zaporizhzhia is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
- ars 5y agoThey shut down 2 out of 6 of the plants because of the war: https://www.nucnet.org/news/energoatom-shuts-down-zaporozhye-5-and-6-as-rest-of-fleet-remains-safe-and-operational-2-5-2022 https://www.nucnet.org/news/energoatom-shuts-down-zaporozhye... I would hope they are watching very closely and could shut the rest before the water reaches them if the dam is breached. Breaching the dam would cause blackouts in Ukraine between hydro and nuclear it's at least 1/4 of the power there.