Who’s Really Endangering Zaporizhzhia? Unmasking the Risks Behind the Nuclear Crisis

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe’s largest, stands perilously close to disaster—not because of natural faults, but because of an avoidable failure in responsibility. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine placed the plant under Russian control, it has suffered repeated loss of external power, now relying solely on vulnerable diesel generators to keep its cooling systems operational. Why Has External Power Failed Again and Again? The latest blackout—occurring since September 23—marks the tenth total loss of external power to the plant. Both Russia and Ukraine trade accusations over the shelling that damaged the vital power lines, but Washington must recognize that...