The water level in a reservoir in the south Ukraine is approaching a dangerously low level, following the destruction of the dam at its hydroelectric station Kakhovka and the operation of its nuclear power plant may be affected Zaporizhiathe management company claimed today.

Moscow and Kiev blame each other for the destruction of the dam, which flooded a large area on both banks of the Dnieper River.

Ihor Sirota, the general manager of the management company Ukrhydroenergotold Ukrainian television that if the water level drops even one drop below its current level, the nuclear plant will be affected, as well as the water supply of the surrounding areas.

“We’re approaching that dead zone, at 12.7 meters. Below this level there will be no water for the cooling tanks of the Zaporizhia station (…) or for all areas,” he said.

THE International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) it said on Tuesday that the nuclear plant has water to cool the reactors “for many months” as it is fed from a tank above the reservoir.

The Ukrainian nuclear power company earlier assured that the situation in the morning was “stable and under control”.