Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses external power supply, Russian-installed management says
Operators said backup diesel generators are powering safety systems as repair work continues and the plant faces renewed risks to cooling and fuel reserves.
- On Sunday, the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant lost its external power supply after the Ferosplavna power line was disconnected by protective systems due to damage. Backup diesel generators were activated to supply power to equipment required for safe operation.
- Management stated staff at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant are "monitoring all operational parameters of the equipment" and that "all necessary measures to maintain the safe condition of the power units are being taken in full."
- Radiation levels on the site and in the surveillance zone remain normal, the facility's management confirmed. Backup diesel generators continue supplying power to Zaporizhzhia equipment required for safe operation.
- Meanwhile, a Russian overnight attack on energy facilities in Ukraine's eastern Dnipropetrovsk region left more than 600,000 people without electricity, Ukrainian power company DTEK said on Sunday. Important energy facilities were damaged in the strike.
- The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed additional strikes on energy infrastructure in the Zhytomyr region and near Odesa, while a Ukrainian drone attack in the Kursk region killed one person, regional governor Alexander Khinshtein said on Sunday.
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Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant relying on generators after losing external power | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
MOSCOW >> The Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine has lost its external electricity supply and is again using backup generators for reactor cooling, the plant’s management and the UN’s nuclear watchdog said today.
Power was restored to the Zaporizhia NUCLEAR power plant after the 27th incident that required the use of backup generators to cool the reactor.
The Aiea has announced on X that it has been informed that the power supply of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been restored, putting an end to the 27th episode of interruption of the supply of external energy since the beginning of the conflict... (ANSA)
The plant, the largest in Europe thanks to its six reactors, is disconnected from the power line and operates thanks to generators.
The Zabargia nuclear station in Ukraine has lost external electricity supplies for the 27th time since the start of the war and has had to rely on diesel generators of about two weeks ' worth of fuel, amid warnings of risks to nuclear safety.
<p>Zaporizhzhya NPP has restored external power supply from the Ukrainian power system Zaporizhzhya NPP again receives electricity from the Ukrainian power system. Nuclear Safety Threats Due to Occupation of the Station are stored.</p>
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