The last operating reactor at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, was shut down to reduce the threat of a radiation disaster amid the continuing fighting. Risks remain, however. Here's a look at the situation at the plant:
Functioning in “island mode” supplies power for the residual heat removal of the reactor cores and the spent fuel pools.
If the reactor is already turned off, the risk depends on the time since shutdown. The less time has passed, the more cooling is required.
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