While Russia and Ukraine continue targeting each other's energy infrastructure amid their war, backup systems are critical for ensuring safety.

Russia’s seizure of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has turned a once-routine industrial site into a test of how far international nuclear rules can bend under wartime pressure. As Russian state-linked operators insist they can manage the reactors safely,

MOSCOW. Feb 9 (Interfax) - Ukraine's Energoatom has stopped considering the possible use of Russian-made VVER-1000 reactors it was planning to buy from Bulgaria to complete construction of the third and fourth reactor units of the Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant, Energoatom CEO Pavel Kovtonyuk said, as reported by Ukrainian media.

Russia has repeatedly struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, risking a nuclear disaster.

Ukraine faces serious new nuclear-safety risks as a result of Russian strikes aimed at degrading its power grid, depriving the nation’s three operating atomic plants of stable electricity feeds.

MOSCOW, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Russia's state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, on Thursday rejected a Ukrainian accusation that Russia lacked the equipment and components to run the Soviet-built Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.