প্রকাশ: 10/10/2022
An external
power line to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant — the biggest in
Europe — was repaired on Sunday after shelling disconnected the facility from
the grid and forced it to resort to emergency diesel generators, the UN nuclear
watchdog said.
The International Atomic Energy Agency
said the 750-kilovolt line was reconnected to the plant on Sunday evening
following repair work by Ukrainian engineers. That enabled the plant to start
switching off the generators that had kicked in to provide it with power after
the line — its last connection to the grid — was cut early Saturday.
IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi
tweeted that the reconnection was "a temporary relief in a still-untenable
situation."
The plant has been held by Russian
forces for months, but operated by Ukrainian employees. All six reactors at the
site are shut down but they still require electricity for cooling and other
safety functions.
Grossi has spent weeks pushing for the
establishment of a "nuclear safety and security protection zone"
around the plant. He says he will travel to Russia and then see Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an effort to realize that plan.
Grossi condemned attacks "in
areas that could affect the safety and security" of the plant, including
in nearby Enerhodar and in the Ukrainian-held provincial capital of
Zaporizhzhia.
"Almost every day now, there is
shelling in the region where the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is located
and where the plant workers and their families live," he said. "The
shelling must stop, immediately. It is already having an impact on the nuclear
safety and security situation at the plant."
Ukrainian operating staff told IAEA
experts that a convoy of five trucks carrying "vital additional diesel
fuel supplies" is currently in the city of Zaporizhzhia and plans to cross
the front line to reach the plant on Monday, the agency said. The site
currently has diesel reserves for about 10 days. Separately, a supply of diesel
provided by the Russian state nuclear company Rosatom has arrived in Enerhodar,
the IAEA added.
Zaporizhzhia is one of four regions in
Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin has annexed in violation of
international laws.
Putin signed a decree Wednesday
declaring that Russia was taking over the nuclear plant. Ukraine's Foreign
Ministry called it a criminal act and said it considered Putin's decree
"null and void." Ukraine's state nuclear operator, Energoatom, said
it would continue to operate the plant.
– AP/UNB
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