Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Nightmare: Europe’s Largest Reactor Now on Emergency Power
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been cut off from the power grid for seven days, its longest outage since Russian forces seized it in 2022. Eight emergency diesel generators are running, with fuel for over ten days, after external lines were severed on Sept. 23. President Zelenskiy called the situation “critical” as experts warn prolonged reliance on generators risks a meltdown. Kyiv and Moscow blame each other for the outage.