#Russian-occupied #Zaporizhzhia #nuclear power plant (ZNPP) left with 22 reactor operators, far below #safety levels
4 years after Russia occupied #ZNPP, thousands employees have fled or gone into hiding, leaving only 22 licensed nuclear specialists where hundreds are needed to run the plant safely
The plant, legally owned by Energoatom, employed 159 licensed specialists, the only people authorized to operate ZNPPs 6 nuclear reactors

Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant left with just 22 reactor operators, far below safety levels
The plant, legally owned by Energoatom, once employed 159 licensed specialists — the only people authorized to directly operate the plant’s six nuclear reactors, which, prewar, provided over a fifth of Ukraine’s electricity.