Approximately 50% ofUkraine's power output is still produced by the nuclear industry, 38 years after the Chernobyl Disaster.
Key-highlights:
Share of energy output: Following Slovakia and France, Ukraine has the third-highest nuclear energy output percentage globally.
After the seizure of the Zaporizhzhia plant (largest nuclear power plant in Europe) by Russian forces in 2022, the other three Soviet-era nuclear power plants remain under Ukrainian control. They are:
Pivdennoukrainsk (South Ukraine)
Khmelnytskyi
Rivne
Chornobyl Disaster
The ongoing situation in Zaporizhzhia is heavily influenced by the memories of the nuclear meltdown at Chornobyl.
Date of disaster: 26 April 1986
Cause of disaster: Flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel.
Massive amounts of radioactive material were spilled into the atmosphere, when one of the reactors of the Chornobyl power station exploded.