Power supply restored at Zaporizhia NPP after outage

External electricity from nuclear power plant Zaporizhiaoccupied by Russia, was restored on Sunday, reported the Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom and the UN nuclear watchdog.

The plant, which is on cold shutdown, had lost its last remaining power line early Saturday due to bombing, and had to use standby diesel generators to cool the reactor blocks.

“After almost two days of operation of the emergency cooling pumps in the active areas of the reactors with energy from diesel generators, the operating personnel are reestablishing the normal supply regime for the plant’s own needs from the energy system from Ukraine,” Energoatom said on Telegram.

Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agencywhich has two observers at the plant, confirmed that the power supply had been restored.

“Our team in #Zaporijia confirms that the external power line that was lost yesterday has been restored and that the #ZNPP has been reconnected to the grid – a temporary relief in a still untenable situation,” Grossi said on Twitter. which he repeated in his call to create a protection zone around the plant.

Russian forces occupied the plant shortly after invading Ukraine in February, but the Ukrainian operators have remained in place.

Moscow and kyiv have blamed each other for shelling in the area of ​​Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which has damaged buildings and raised concerns of a possible nuclear disaster.

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