A large cooling pond for the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant atop a nearby dam’s reservoir in Ukraine burst on Tuesday and has enough water for several months, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday.
Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said earlier on Tuesday that his agency would quickly verify the level of the pond, which is normally supplied with water from a reservoir. That water is used for essential cooling of reactors and spent fuel at Europe’s largest nuclear plant.