The American Nuclear Society with important context for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

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The plant's six reactors have been in cold shutdown mode since the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse. As they note the plant is not equivalent to Chernobyl. It is an entirely different design and the fuel is in a stainless steel vessel. Experts say the worst case scenario would be more equivalent to Three Mile Island, rather than Chernobyl or Fukushima.

Fwiw IAEA inspectors have not discovered mines by the reactors so far, but are continuing to ask for more access to the plant.

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https://thebulletin.org/2023/07/the-largest-danger-at-the-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-intentional-sabotage

Matthew Bunn detailing how an inadvertent disaster at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant would be unlikely to spread significant radiation given the plant's design and protection, but a significant amount of explosives might be able to spread radiation to a large area.

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