Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses external power supply, Russian-installed management says
Backup diesel generators are supplying the plant, and officials said radiation levels remain normal after the external line was cut.
- 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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The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant lost its last external power supply on Sunday morning, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and is now forced to use emergency diesel generators for power.
The Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine has lost external power after a failure knocked out a key transmission line, the facility's Russian-appointed management said on Sunday. The plant is currently being maintained safely by emergency diesel generators, and background radiation levels have not increased.
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