Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Powerplant:
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It is located on the banks of the Dnieper river, just 200 kilometers from the conflicted Donbas region where Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces have been fighting.
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Zaporizhzhya is one of the four operating NPPs in the country and has been operating since 1984.
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It accounts for about 40% of the total electricity generated by all the Ukrainian NPPs and one-fifth of Ukraine’s annual electricity production.
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The Zaporizhzhya NPP consists of six Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) units commissioned between 1984 and 1995, with a gross electrical capacity of 1,000MW each.
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Why in news? Russia has taken over this power plant.
