If the HPP had not been subjected to constant shelling attacks, if the dam’s shutters had not been damaged, we could have had a chance to regulate water levels of the Kakhovka Reservoir in a ...

The water level required for cooling the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) remains normal after the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydro Power Plant (HPP) dam triggered massive flooding in the ...

Water resources and infrastructure are also affected by the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine: In June 2023, the Kakhovka Dam ...

The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam emptied a reservoir that supplied water to much of southern Ukraine. Thousands were forced to flee as water flooded parts of Kherson, damaging wildlife ...

The collapse of the walls of the Kakhovka dam in Kherson, Ukraine sent water flooding into towns and villages. Source: AP / Evgeniy Maloletka Eugene Simonov, Ukraine War Environmental Consequences ...

The cooling systems at the plant use water from the dam’s vast reservoir, so falling water levels could pose a “risk of nuclear fuel overheating and potentially exploding”, said the i news site.