Loading...
Ukraine power outages viewed from the NASA/NOAA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer suite at night
Elvidge, Christopher Colorado School of Mines. Payne Institute for Public Policy Ghosh, Tilottama Zhizhin, Mikhail Mt. Castle, Elijah
Elvidge, Christopher
Colorado School of Mines. Payne Institute for Public Policy
Ghosh, Tilottama
Zhizhin, Mikhail
Mt. Castle, Elijah
Citations
Altmetric:
Advisor
Editor
Date
Date Issued
2023-01-06
Date Submitted
Keywords
Collections
Research Projects
Organizational Units
Journal Issue
Embargo Expires
Abstract
As the Russia-Ukraine war approaches the 1 year mark the electrical grid in Ukraine has taken devastating damage. Russia has hit more than 200 targets in the electrical infrastructure. This has left millions of Ukrainian citizens without power in the cold winter months. In the early days of the war Russia captured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Russia has now militarized the facility installing several Grad rocket launchers around the dry storage for spent nuclear fuel. Protective structures were erected to defend the launchers, but these structures violate international nuclear and radiation safety regulations.
Associated Publications
Rights
Copyright of the original work is retained by the authors.