Which nuclear sites are at risk right now — and why
Nuclear Risk Watch continuously correlates public hazard feeds — earthquakes, wildfires, floods, storms and conflict — against the world’s known nuclear facilities, scoring each site by proximity, severity and recency with a plain-English rationale for every score.
294
Nuclear facilities monitored
217
Active hazards (7 days)
2
Facilities at elevated+ risk
Risk distribution
Highest current risk
- 82.5 SEVEREMap ↗
Blayais Nuclear Power Plant · France
Wildfire 59 km from Blayais Nuclear Power Plant, 30 h ago (severity 89%, distance factor 0.67, recency 0.75) plus 22 other active hazards → risk SEVERE (82.5/100).
- 40.1 ELEVATEDMap ↗
Golfech Nuclear Power Plant · France
Wildfire 162 km from Golfech Nuclear Power Plant, 30 h ago (severity 89%, distance factor 0.34, recency 0.75) plus 21 other active hazards → risk ELEVATED (40.1/100).
- 34.5 MODERATEMap ↗
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant · Ukraine
Conflict 0 km from Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, 21 d ago (severity 65%, distance factor 1.00, recency 0.36) plus 3 other active hazards → risk MODERATE (34.5/100).
- 33.9 MODERATEMap ↗
Trillo Nuclear Power Plant · Spain
Wildfire 66 km from Trillo Nuclear Power Plant, 6 d ago (severity 96%, distance factor 0.64, recency 0.24) plus 39 other active hazards → risk MODERATE (33.9/100).
- 31.4 MODERATEMap ↗
Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Plant · Chinaunder construction
Hurricane 58 km from Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Plant, 4 d ago (severity 60%, distance factor 0.68, recency 0.40) plus 13 other active hazards → risk MODERATE (31.4/100).
- 30.7 MODERATEMap ↗
José Cabrera Nuclear Power Station · Spaindecommissioned
Wildfire 92 km from José Cabrera Nuclear Power Station, 6 d ago (severity 96%, distance factor 0.54, recency 0.24) plus 22 other active hazards → risk MODERATE (30.7/100).
- 29.1 MODERATEMap ↗
Columbia Generating Station · United States
Wildfire 51 km from Columbia Generating Station, 3 d ago (severity 86%, distance factor 0.71, recency 0.47) plus 2 other active hazards → risk MODERATE (29.1/100).
- 27.9 MODERATEMap ↗
Santa María de Garoña Nuclear Power Plant · Spaindecommissioned
Wildfire 285 km from Santa María de Garoña Nuclear Power Plant, 30 h ago (severity 89%, distance factor 0.15, recency 0.75) plus 39 other active hazards → risk MODERATE (27.9/100).