Damaged reservoir can still provide water for big Ukrainian nuclear plant -IAEA

FILE PHOTO: A satellite image shows a view of the location of the Kakhovka dam and the surrounding region in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, October 18, 2022. European Union/ Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A/Handout via REUTERS

VIENNA (Reuters) - Water from the reservoir of a breached Ukrainian dam is still being pumped to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to cool reactors and other areas, though levels are at values earlier thought to make it impossible, the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Thursday.

The plant, occupied by Russia since the early days of its invasion last year, can fall back on other water sources when the reservoir's water is no longer available.