The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is under the control of the Russian army, has been operating on only one power supply line with a voltage of 750 kV since May 7. This happened after the last backup line of 330 kV was damaged, the prospects for its restoration remain uncertain at the moment. About this reported Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi.
“The situation with the external power supply at the ZNPP remains extremely unstable. The largest nuclear facility in Europe currently relies on only one power line to perform basic nuclear safety functions, compared to ten before the military conflict. Since its beginning, the ZNPP has lost access to all external power supply eight times, but it was usually restored within a day.”, – the message says.
The IAEA said that during the nuclear safety monitoring conducted last week, the agency’s team did not detect any violations in the field of nuclear safety. The inspection included a walk-through of the facility to measure and confirm stable cooling water levels in 12 sprinkler basins, as well as an inspection of two fresh nuclear fuel storage facilities.
The report notes that for almost a whole week, agency representatives heard the sounds of fighting at different distances from the territory of the Zaporizhzhya NPP.
