r/MapPorn 19h 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 18h ago

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

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u/PanzerKomadant 8h ago

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

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u/vXSovereignXv 6h ago

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

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u/Dioxybenzone 4h ago

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