Ukrainian engineers restored external power to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) , a day after the facility lost the connection to its last remaining operating power line due to shelling, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday. After the repair work was successfully completed, the 750 kilovolt (kV) line was reconnected to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in the evening, enabling it to start switching off the emergency diesel generators that had provided it with back-up electricity since the connection was cut early on Saturday.
In a statement, IAEA said the plant’s six reactors are in cold shutdown but still require power for cooling and other essential nuclear safety and security functions.
Director General Grossi, who received news about the restored off-site power from the team of IAEA nuclear safety, and safeguards experts present at the plant site, said it was a much-needed development but that the power situation at the ZNPP remained fragile. The Director General condmned the military attacks.
