Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Faces Another Power Outage | Science-Environment
The IAEA said the plant is using diesel generators to cool six shut-down reactors after the 19th complete power outage since 2022.
- On Thursday, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant lost external power following an overnight strike on Wednesday, marking the 19th complete outage since the war began.
- The strike hit an electrical substation powering the facility; the site has remained Russian-occupied since shortly after the invasion began, complicating safety inspections for the damaged line.
- Backup diesel generators are currently powering the facility to "power the cooling of its six shut-down reactors and maintain other essential nuclear safety functions," the IAEA stated, with radiation levels confirmed normal.
- IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi warned, "The latest loss of off-site power once again highlights the extreme fragility of the electrical grid and the constant dangers to nuclear safety during the war."
- Both Russia and Ukraine have repeatedly accused one another of risking a nuclear disaster through strikes near the site, while the National Electricity Company Ukrenergo reported the outage.
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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Faces Another Power Outage | Science-Environment
The International Atomic Energy Agency reports that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine lost all external power after an overnight attack on an electrical substation. This marks the 19th outage since Russia began its war in Ukraine in 2022.
The Zaporijjia nuclear power plant lost all external power supply at night due to a strike at an emergency power station, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced on Thursday morning.
The nuclear power plant is operating on six generators. Is this sufficient to ensure reactor safety? The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant experienced its 19th blackout on the evening of June 10. The plant is operating on generators, RBC-Ukraine reported, citing the press service of Ukrenergo and the IAEA. It was reported that yesterday at around 9:00 PM, during an air raid alarm triggered by enemy shelling, the high-voltage line supplying the te…
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