An Attack on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Could Still be Catastrophic
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 7, 2023
What it does mean is that if cooling were disrupted to one or more of the reactors, then there would be a longer period of time—days instead of hours—for operators to fix the problem before the cooling water in the reactor cores would start to boil away and drop below the tops of the fuel assemblies, causing the fuel to overheat and degrade.
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