Russia plans to issue operation licenses for two units of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, official says

Record ID: 2277499

  • Title: Russia plans to issue operation licenses for two units of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, official says
  • Date: 14th November 2025
  • Summary: ENERHODAR, RUSSIAN-CONTROLLED UKRAINE (FILE - AUGUST 22, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT REACTOR BUILDING ENERHODAR, RUSSIAN-CONTROLLED UKRAINE (FILE - AUGUST 4, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AND THERMAL POWER STATION ENERHODAR, RUSSIAN-CONTROLLED UKRAINE (FILE - AUGUST 22, 2022) (REUTERS) BUILDING WITH SIGN FOR POW
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  • Keywords: IAEA Novovoronezh Russia Ukraine crisis Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
  • Location: KALININGRAD, RUSSIA / ENERHODAR, RUSSIAN-CONTROLLED UKRAINE
  • City: KALININGRAD, RUSSIA / ENERHODAR, RUSSIAN-CONTROLLED UKRAINE
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe
  • Reuters ID: LVA002204114112025RP1
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  • Story Text:Russia intends to issue operation and maintenance licenses this year for two of the six reactors at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, a senior nuclear official said on Friday (November 14).
    Alexei Likhachev, CEO of state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said the licenses would be granted "to extend the operation and maintenance of the units."
    Russian forces took control of the plant in the early weeks of the war in 2022. The reactors are currently in shutdown mode, meaning none of them are producing electricity.
    Likhachev also said that around eight Ukrainian drones had tried to attack the Novovoronezh nuclear power plant in southwest Russia overnight, but all were shot down.
    Head of Rosatom said several units of the plant were disconnected from the grid, but operations were restored in the morning.
    Russia and Ukraine have each accused the other of risking catastrophe by attacking nuclear sites in the course of the war.
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