Zaporozhye NPP for the first time in four months was connected to a single backup power line.
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Although the reconnection of the standby power line is positive, the station’s off-site power situation remains very vulnerable, highlighting the precarious nuclear and site security situation, said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi.
In recent months, ZNPP has been connected to one main line, which is necessary for reactor cooling and other important nuclear safety functions.
The connected line serves as a backup if the trunk line becomes unavailable or damaged.
The ZNPP connection to the unified power transmission line was interrupted on March 1 due to damage on the other bank of the Dnieper River.
According to the head of the IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi, the Zaporizhzhya NPP, the largest in Europe, for the first time in the last four months, was reconnected to a backup power line, but the situation at the station remains tense due to the military conflict.
On March 1, as a result of damage on the other side of the Dnieper, ZNPP was disconnected from the 330 kilovolt backup power line, the only one of the six still in operation after the start of the conflict, and was restored only on the evening of July 1. Work to connect the line was hampered by the difficult security situation, Grossi said in a statement.
The IAEA has already once raised the issue of security at the ZNPP, calling the situation there more and more unpredictable. The station is often disconnected from the Ukrainian power grid due to constant Russian shelling.
Although the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant is under the control of the Russian military, the Ukrainian personnel work there mainly. If Russia decides to completely disconnect the Zaporizhzhya NPP from the Ukrainian grid, Ukraine will lose up to 20% of its electricity.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant has lost power seven times, forcing the use of diesel generators to generate electricity.
Source: Racurs
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