On 19 April, communication between the plant and the Ukrainian regulator was restored. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN body charged with overseeing the civil nuclear industry, has subsequently been involved in delivering equipment and restoring the safeguards monitoring system. Russian forces also took control of the Chernobyl site on 24 February and held it for five weeks before withdrawing on 31 March. Despite the military confrontation, Ukrainian staff have continued to operate the plant and continue to do so to this day.Īlthough the shelling of the station did not result in the release of radiation, Olexiy Kovynyevis, an independent expert and former reactor supervisor, reports that shells hit the turbine buildings as well as the external power supply which was ‘almost completely disrupted’. The unprecedented attack on Zaporizhzhia was followed by a military takeover of the facility on 4 March. Within days of the start of the war, Russian forces sought to take control of nuclear facilities in the north of Ukraine (Chernobyl) and in the southeast at Zaporizhzhia. Zaporizhzhia, one of the world’s largest nuclear power stations, is situated on the southern bank of the Dnipro River and, as of early August, in a region controlled by Russian military forces. Antony Froggatt and Dr Patricia Lewis explain the background of the nuclear facility and assess the possible risks.
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