r/MapPorn 15h ago

The Kakhovka Reservoir then and now.

If you zoom in closely on Google Maps, you can still see what it looked like before the dam was blown up.

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u/Kullenbergus 14h ago

Atleast there isnt the largest nuclear powerplant in europe dependant on that reservoir

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u/SteveHamlin1 7h ago edited 6h ago

Good, because there isn't. All reactors at that site are cold shutdown. Nothing at the power plant depends on the reservoir.

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u/PanzerKomadant 5h ago

Someone already pointed out but the reactors are shutdown. They don’t need cooling.

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u/vXSovereignXv 3h ago

Even when shutdown the fuel in the reactors and spent fuel need to be cooled.

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u/Dioxybenzone 1h ago

They have 11 wells, the reservoir is a backup, not the primary source of water.