Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses grid power, runs on diesel backup

di.se (Swedish) —

Europe's largest nuclear power plant, the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia plant in Ukraine, has lost all connection to the power grid and is now running on diesel backup generators for cooling. The final working grid link was damaged in a wartime attack, according to plant management. Its six reactors and fuel pools are cooled by diesel generators, a situation the IAEA has warned risks fuel depletion and a power outage. The plant sits on the occupied side of the Dnipro River, which forms the front line. Reactor production was halted in 2022, and the second of two external power lines was severed in March.


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