Thirty-eight years after the Chornobyl disaster, Ukraine’s nuclear industry continues to produce around half of Ukraine’s power output and remains vital to keeping the country functioning. The share of energy output in Ukraine that comes from nuclear power is the third highest in the world after France and Slovakia. Amid ongoing attacks on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the threat of a new nuclear accident in Ukraine remains elevated and has brought an unprecedented level of attention and involvement from the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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The West does not fully understand the threat of nuclear terrorism from Russia — the main danger is not the use of nuclear weapons, but nuclear terrorism associated with the seizure of nuclear power plants such as Chornobyl and Zaporizhzhya, said world-renowned Ukrainian historian and director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Serhii Plokhy, in an interview with NV.
The occupied Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is currently obtaining electricity solely from a single transmission line, Acting Head of the State Nuclear Regulatory Authority, Oleh Korikov, said on national television on Dec. 6.