There is no immediate safety threat to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station from the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam, according to Ukrainian and UN experts.
The Ukrainian nuclear energy corporation, Energoatom, released a statement saying the situation at the six-unit facility, about 200 km upstream of the dam to the northeast, was “under control”.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, said on social media its experts at the site were monitoring the situation and there was “no immediate nuclear safety risk” from the collapse of the dam, to the east of Kherson on the Dnipro river, near the Black Sea coast.