Zaporizhzhia Plant Loses Last Off-Site Power Line
The plant's sole remaining 330 kV off-site power line was disconnected at 00:44 local time on August 20, leaving Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant without external electricity. Emergency diesel generators took over essential safety functions, including cooling of the reactors and spent fuel.
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- Update 365 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in UkraineInternational Atomic Energy AgencyENPress release
- Update 364 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in UkraineInternational Atomic Energy AgencyENPress release
- Update 363 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in UkraineInternational Atomic Energy AgencyENPress release
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Occupation of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and Nuclear Safety Crisis
This issue tracks the nuclear safety crisis at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant after Armed Forces of the Russian Federation took control of the facility in March 2022. It covers the permanent on-site presence of International Atomic Energy Agency, the end of power generation, cooling-water risks following the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, attacks and fires at the site, repeated losses of off-site electricity, dependence on emergency diesel generators, and localized ceasefires arranged to repair damaged power lines.
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