and pumping systems that deliver the water to the reactors, to supply the cooling system, and also to enable de risking of the heat from the reactor cores. 0utside into the reservoir. there isn t an immediate danger to the safety of the plant. there is a special cooling pond where the water is pumped into it and it is kept as a back up option for the supply of water to the reactors but of course this is not something that could be dealt with very easily, in weeks and months of the water will become an issue, the water supply, and at that point the cooling system will be in danger. so
aiming to prevent sections on the front line, the kyiv regime presented an act of sabotage or rather a terrorist act the defense minister said. while the floodwaters are affecting more areas, upstream the levels are low. around the zaporizhzhia power plant, the biggest in europe, which relies on a pond connected to the river for cooling. the international atomic energy agency said there s no reason for concern but that could change. it s vital this cooling pond remains intact. nothing must be done to undermine its integrity. reporter: so as you can see, jake, a difficult and dangerous situation that s unfolding here in southern ukraine. there were two things that stood out. on the one hand it was how fast the water levels are rising and how fast the shelling is going on and it s still going on
as you can imagine. the nuclear power plant is nearly 100 miles from the dam. so what are the risks? the first is the nuclear reactors, which are used to generate electricity, but they re all shut down and well below their normal operating temperatures. experts say they don t really need any additional water. the second is the cooling pond, which is topped up by the reservoir. it supplies the area that keeps spent nuclear fuel rods from overheating. because the fuel has been in there for a long time, it s getting quite cold now, so it s not generating that much heat and therefore would take months to have any problem where they would need to replenish the water. and, when additional water is needed, the un s nuclear safety body says that the cooling pond has enough water to meet the plant s needs for several months. palab ghosh, bbc news. we ll have more from james injust a moment, but first to our russia editor,
ukrainians. aiming to prevent the offensive operations by the russian army on the section of the front line, the kyiv regime committed an act of sabotage or, rather, a terrorist act, the defense minister said. while the floodwaters are affecting evermore areas around kherson, up stream the levels are critically low around the zaporizhzhia power plant, the biggest in all of europe, which relies on a pond connected to the river for cooling. the international atomic energy agency says so far there s no danger, but that could change. it is therefore vital that this cooling pond remains intact. nothing must be done to potentially undermine its integrity. reporter: so there you can see, erin, the extremely difficult and dangerous situation down here in the south of ukraine with that massive river just continuously flooding. i think there are two things
called regular order. you write a bill, put it in committee, they debate it, republicans and democrats offer amendments. you vote on them, then if it passes it goes to the full house or senate where they then have a debate there, and then finally, a vote. so, it s a real process and what they are trying to do, i think, is get rid of this partisan idea of just jamming something through without even reading it. john: the senate is supposed to be the cooling pond to the house but in many ways the senate is as rankerous as the house is. could you see him as governor jim justice did, switch parties? i noticed the other day senator schumer said something interesting, said it was the longest 50-vote senate ever, meaning there are times in the past when the voters sent 50 republicans and 50 democrats to the senate but it did not last very long.