According to the press release, the ZNPP relied on its sole 330 kV back-up power line for the electricity needed for reactor cooling and other key nuclear safety functions. The ZNPP’s connection to this line was lost twice in October, thus underlining the fragility of its power supplies. Before the full-scale war, Europe’s largest NPP had four 750 and six 330 kV lines available.
The ZNPP, "continues to face challenges not least because of the vulnerability of its limited off-site power supply lines," Director General said in his statement to the Board adding that all six reactors remain in cold shutdown mode and the Agency’s continued stipulation is that "no reactor is to be re-started as long as the nuclear safety and security situation at the Zaporizhzhia NPP remains in jeopardy".
R. Grossi noted that the IAEA had been supporting nuclear safety and security in Ukraine from the start of the war, with 155 missions having so far been deployed as part of a continued presence at all five NPP sites.
Nuclear safety and security "remains in jeopardy" at ZNPP – R. Grossi
22.11.2024 12:00
Nuclear safety and security "remains in jeopardy" at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) as the facility twice lost the connection to its only remaining 750 kilovolt (kV) power line within a few days, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said at this week’s IAEA Board of Governors meeting on November 21.
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