Ukraine’s three operating nuclear power plants – Khmelnytskyi, Rivne and Yuzhnoukrainskaya – have mostly resumed electricity production after a sharp cut last week amid renewed Russian attacks on the power grid.
This is reported in a new report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
It is noted that these three nuclear power plants have a total of nine reactors, eight of which are operating, and one is in a state of shutdown:
- over the past week, most have gradually increased power production again, although some units have been operating below full capacity for several days after Russian strikes on November 28 impacted electrical infrastructure;
- however, some transmission lines that plants use to both receive and transmit electricity remain down.
Operators have demonstrated significant resilience during and after the latest period of network instability, allowing these plants to maintain nuclear safety and produce electricity after cutting production last week, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said.
In addition, the IAEA reported that:
- earlier this week, a total of 17 drones were detected at a distance of about 3 km from the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant site;
- at the Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant, IAEA team members had to take shelter briefly on Tuesday, but this had no impact on the plant itself;
- Despite the consequences of the war, in particular, frequent air raid signals, at the Khmelnitsky, Rivne, South Ukrainian and Chernobyl nuclear power plants, nuclear safety and nuclear security are maintained at the proper level.
Source: Racurs
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