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A Ukrainian nuclear plant is facing a water shortage

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant used a large reservoir for cooling water. Now that reservoir is rapidly draining.
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant requires water to cool its reactors and other critical systems. A reservoir near the plant is running dry.

Workers at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant are in a race to secure water for the plant's safe operation.

Following the destruction of a critical dam in Ukraine, water levels at a large reservoir used by the power plant are dropping fast. Workers have slurped up as much of it as they can. They've filled up ponds, canals and a small artificial lake next to the plant.

The situation is

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