Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant again loses its connection to its external main power line, while Moscow and Kiev have accused each other of an impending attack.
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Ukrainian nuclear power plant Zaporizhia has again lost the connection to its external main power line.
Europe’s largest nuclear power plant is therefore dependent on the recently restored replacement supply from a less powerful line, explained IAEA boss Rafael Grossi in Vienna.
The only remaining 750-kilovolt (kV) power line — out of four available before the conflict — was disrupted at 1:21 a.m. local time on Tuesday. “It was not immediately known what caused the blackout and how long it lasted,” the IAEA continued. The electricity is needed, for example, to pump cooling water for the plant. “This time the power plant avoided a total blackout of all external power supply – which had already happened seven times during the conflict – but the recent power line disruption once again highlights the precarious nuclear safety situation at the power plant,” Grossi said.
Moscow and Kiev are now accusing each other of an allegedly imminent attack on the nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. The Russian military had placed objects resembling explosives on the roofs of several reactor blocks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his daily video address on Tuesday evening. Moscow, on the other hand, said the Ukrainian armed forces themselves were planning an attack on the nuclear power plant, which is close to the front.
Source: Stern
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