Ukraine’s Zaporiza nuclear power plant, controlled by Russia, resumed power supply to Ukraine on the 26th (local time).
According to AFP and Archyde.com, Ukrainian state-owned nuclear power company Energoatom made this statement following two of the six reactors at the Zaporiza nuclear power plant, which were recently disconnected from the Ukrainian grid, were reconnected to the grid.
Energoatom said in a statement that “the Zaporiza nuclear power plant continues to operate within the Ukrainian grid despite several provocations by the occupiers.”
The first of these two reactors was reconnected at 2:04 pm local time and the second at 9:15 pm local time, Energoatom explained.
The Zaporiza nuclear power plant was disconnected from the Ukrainian power grid on the 25th as the last one of the four transmission lines connecting the power plant and the outside was damaged due to a fire in a nearby hill.
There was also a power outage in the surrounding area.
Ukraine and Russia battled each other for responsibility for the fire and power line disconnection caused by each other’s shelling.
President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced Russia, saying that the damage to the power lines would shut down the cooling system of the reactor and almost caused a radiation leak.
The Zaporiza nuclear power plant with six reactors, Europe’s largest, supplied regarding 20% of Ukraine’s electricity before the Russian invasion.
Since this month, fighting has continued this month in and around the Zaporiza nuclear power plant, which was occupied by the Russian military in March of this year.
Most recently, the bombardment continued on the 20th and 22nd, damaging some of the infrastructure in the nuclear power plant.
However, it is not known who actually bombed, and both Ukraine and Russia are requesting inspections from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The day before, IAEA Secretary General Rafael Grossi said in an interview with French broadcaster that the inspection would be possible within a few days at the earliest.
/yunhap news
