7:12 a.m .: Water from the dam continues to cool the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, assures the IAEA
The Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, in Russian-occupied territory, continues to pump water from the Kakhovka dam reservoir to cool the fuel, the International Energy Agency said Thursday evening. atomic energy (IAEA). After examination, it turned out that the pumping operation “should be able to continue even if the level fell below the threshold of 12.7 meters”, explained the UN body in a press release, while the Ukrainian operator of the dam destroyed on Tuesday had previously estimated that the water no longer allowed to ensure the cooling of the reactors.