T HE BLOWING up of Nova Kakhovka dam in occupied southern Ukraine in the early morning of June 6th has had devastating consequences downstream. On June 7th the Ukrainian government said that 42,000 people were at risk from flooding: thousands have been evacuated. Volodymyr Zelensky, the president, has said that hundreds of thousands are “without normal access” to drinking water. But the destruction could pose risks upstream, too, at the Zaporizhia nuclear-power plant. Europe’s largest nuclear plant draws water to cool its reactors from the Kakhovka reservoir behind the breached dam. The reservoir’s water levels are falling rapidly. How serious is the threat to the plant?
6月6日凌晨，他在乌克兰南部占领的Nova Kakhovka大坝炸毁了下游的毁灭性后果。6月7日，乌克兰政府说，有42,000人面临洪水的风险：成千上万的人已被撤离。总统沃迪米尔·泽伦斯基（Volodymyr Zelensky）表示，成千上万的人“不可正常接触”饮用水。但是，破坏也可能在Zaporizhia核动力工厂上游构成风险。欧洲最大的核电站吸水以冷却其反应堆，从违反水坝后面的卡科夫卡水库中。水库的水位正在迅速下降。对植物的威胁有多严重？
