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Ukraine: cooling pond at Zaporizhzhia plant at risk after dam collapse – report

Nuclear safety organisation says loss of pool would not necessarily be catastrophic, but would dramatically increase safety concerns

The cooling pond at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is in danger of collapse as a result of the destruction of the Kakhovka dam and the draining of its reservoir, according to a French nuclear safety organisation.

Without the reservoir on the other side to counteract it, the internal pressure of the water in the cooling pool could breach the dyke around it, a report by the Paris-based Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) said.

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