[5] November 4, 2014 — an emergency shutdown of two power units occurred at the Rostov NPP, the supply of electricity to consumers was stopped, it took five to six hours to restore operation.

[8] On 21 October 2021, unit 2 at the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant activated emergency shutdown procedures and put on maintenance mode due to a crack in the welded joint on the pipeline and resulting steam leak.

[9] On 31 December 2022, a fire broke out in unit 3's block transformer under maintenance, killing one and severely injuring another.

The amount of temporary restrictions in the southern power system immediately after the accident reached 1.5 GW.

restrictions on electricity consumption were introduced in the southern regions, the lights went out in the temporarily occupied Crimea.