In this morning's post on the modular nukes that will be providing power to develop the largest copper deposit in Europe (Poland) I mentioned in passing "for reference, a 1000 MWe plant is pretty good size no matter what the fuel powering it is"
This one, the Zaporizhzhia is among the ten largest nukes in the world at 5,700 MWe.
The city is directly north of Crimea and is also home to a 1,548 MWe hydroelectric power plant on the Dnieper and a 3,650 MW gas powered plant. That's a lot of power.
And if I didn't know better—seriously, who would be that revanchist—I'd say the Russians are trying to recreate the Novorossiya (New Russia) of Catherine the Great:
We didn't have all those posts on Crimea for nothing you know.
From The Hill:
02/26/22 07:19 PM EST
Russian military threatens Ukraine nuclear power plant
The Russian military is threatening a nuclear power plant in Ukraine amid the ongoing invasion in the country.
Russia’s military presence has increased near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which resides in a town in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine’s ministry of internal affairs has reported.
Russian forces have aimed one of their deadliest weapons, a multiple rocket launcher called "Grad," at the nuclear power plant, according to the ministry.
Ukraine has reached out to the international community about the danger while the ministry of internal affairs says the Ukrainian military is heading to the region to defend the plant....
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