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Ukraine / Engineers Dig More Wells In Bid To Find New Sources Of Cooling Water For Zaporizhzhia

By David Dalton
19 September 2023

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Engineers Dig More Wells In Bid To Find New Sources Of Cooling Water For Zaporizhzhia
Engineers have built another two groundwater wells to supply the sprinkler ponds that cool the six reactors. Courtesy IAEA/Flickr.
Engineers at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station have been drilling more wells at the site as part of efforts to find new sources of cooling water after the destruction of the downstream Kakhovka dam more than three months ago.

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