The shelling cut off ZNPP from the backup power line. The station now receives the electricity needed for reactor cooling and other critical safety functions from an external transmission line.
Zaporizhzhya NPP’s reserve line was disconnected due to damage as a result of shelling. This was announced on Friday, December 30, by the press service of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), referring to the words of Director General Rafael Grossi.
“The 330-kilovolt (kV) back-up power line at Ukraine’s Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) was cut yesterday due to shelling damage,” Grossi said.
It was noted that the ZNPP, all six reactors shut down, continues to receive off-site electricity required for reactor cooling and other critical safety functions from an external power transmission line.
The IAEA expert group, present at the ZNPP, reported that on Thursday at 21:35 local time, communication with the reserve line Ferrosplavnaya 1 was lost as a result of damage on the other side of the Dnieper. The extent of the damage has not yet been determined, but work is underway to restore the line.
At the same time, it was noted that Ferroalloy 1 is the last operating reserve transmission line of ZNPP, and therefore it is important to restore it as soon as possible.
IAEA experts noted that on Friday the sounds of loud explosions were heard, which “appeared to be heard from a distance of several hundred meters from the object.”
The agency also announced the start of work on four more mobile boilers for heating the station and Energodar.
Earlier, Grossi said that negotiations on the creation of a protective zone around the Ukrainian Zaporozhye nuclear power plant occupied by Russian troops are moving forward.
Recall that Rafael Grossi is in Moscow to discuss the creation of a protective zone around the temporarily occupied Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
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Source: korrespondent
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