The Ukrainian power plant has “lost connection again” to the electricity network, announced the International Atomic Energy Agency in a statement.
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Stopped. The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian forces, has “lost connection again” to the electricity network, announced on Saturday September 3 in a press release the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), whose experts are on site.
The last line still in operation “has been damaged”explained the IAEA, recalling that the other three had been “previously lost during the conflict”. This incident occurred “after new bombardments in the area”according to information provided by the Ukrainian authorities to the UN body.
However, the site continues to operate “thanks to a helpline”, says the IAEA. Already on August 25, the plant, the largest in Europe, was completely disconnected from the Ukrainian network for the first time in its history, before being reconnected.
The situation of the Zaporijjia power plant worries many international leaders. The two belligerents accuse each other of having carried out the bombardments which targeted their site, and of risking triggering a nuclear catastrophe. L’IAEA is now informed almost in real time thanks to his team who arrived this week with general manager Rafael Grossi, “very worried” the risk of a major nuclear accident.