The electrical connection that powers Ukraine’s Zaporiya nuclear power plant was restored this Sunday by Ukrainian engineers, revealed International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) DirectorGeneral Rafael Grossi.
In a statement, the IAEA explains that this was Sunday the 750kilovolt line was rebuilt at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, This allowed the diesel generators, which had been operating as an emergency resource since Thursday, to be shut down.
However, the restoration of Energy supply is “a temporary relief from an unsustainable situation,” wrote Rafael Grossi on the social network Twitter.
A power line supplying electricity to the Zaporiya nuclear power plant was temporarily damaged after a bomb attack on Thursday, and cooling of the core of reactor 6 was secured.
The DirectorGeneral of the IAEA has defended the creation of a safe zone around the facility, an issue he raised in Kyiv on Thursday in a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and which he will also discuss with Russian authorities in Moscow. in this week.
With six reactors, the Zaporiya Nuclear Power Plant has not produced electricity since September 11, 2001, when the last operational reactor was shut down.
Last week the Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree ordering the government to take over the nuclear power plant, which has been under the control of the Russian army since March, a decision opposed by Ukraine and the international community.