Due to the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), there may be a shortage of water for the operation of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). Professor of the Higher School of Hydropower Construction of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Doctor of Technical Sciences Viktor Elistratov told Lente.ru about this.

According to the expert, one of the consequences of the destruction of the energy facility may be a disruption in the operation of the Zaporizhzhya NPP.

“Those facilities that provide technical water supply for cooling the Zaporozhye NPP are located in separate reservoirs, the so-called spray pools. If there are connections there, there will be some danger in terms of cooling the ZNPP reactors, since the ZNPP is located in the jumping part of the Kakhovka reservoir,” he explained.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, after the incident promised to come to the ZNPP. According to him, due to the lack of water supplies for cooling pools, the operation of the nuclear power plant may stop. At the same time, a ZNPP representative in an interview with RBC said that the water level in the cooling pond has not changed and is 16.67 meters.

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The destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station became known on the morning of June 6. The mayor of Nova Kakhovka Vladimir Leontiev said that this happened as a result of the shelling of the Ukrainian side. He called the incident a terrorist attack.

As a result of the incident, Novaya Kakhovka was flooded. Authorities began evacuating residents of nearby settlements.

The Ukrainian company Ukrhydroenergo reported that the Kakhovskaya HPP was completely destroyed and beyond repair.

The Kremlin blamed Kyiv for the incident. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called it a deliberate sabotage by the Ukrainian side. In turn, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky held an emergency meeting of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) due to the destruction of the hydroelectric power station. He instructed to carry out an evacuation from risk areas and provide drinking water to all cities and villages that were provided with water from the Kakhovka reservoir.