Russia announced that the energy supply to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in Ukraine, over which Moscow established control, from the main 750-kilovolt power transmission line was interrupted for more than three hours, Reuters reported. There is no threat to safety and the plant has drawn power from a backup network, the agency said, quoted by BTA.
The reason for the stopped supply of electrical energy from the main power line is a short circuit, TASS explains.
The six nuclear reactors at the "Zaporozhie" NPP they do not work, but a current supply from an external power line is needed to keep the nuclear material at the necessary low temperatures and thus prevent a nuclear catastrophe, notes Reuters.
The Russian management of the power plant occupied by the forces of Moscow reported that the supply of current from the Dnieper power line stopped at 1:31 p.m. local time today (also Bulgarian). That's when electricity was drawn from the Ferroalloy power transmission line, Reuters informs, adding that yesterday, electricity was not supplied to the Zaporizhzhia NPP for almost five hours via the Dnieper power line.
This, according to Reuters, is an illustration of "the ever-present threats to nuclear security" as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is talking about.