One of six reactors at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, controlled by Russian forces in southern Ukraine, was shut down as a precautionary measure after the plant’s Ukrainian operator was bombed by Moscow troops on Thursday.
“Today at 04:57 am, due to another bombing of the Russian occupation forces against the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant complex, emergency protection was activated and operational power unit 5 was shut down,” Energoatom said. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to the field.
Energoatom also said the backup power supply line was “damaged” in the attack, causing a power outage.
“This is the second time in the past 10 days that criminal actions by the Russian military have led to the shutdown of the unit and the blackout of the power plant,” the company said.
After the power plant was captured by Russian forces on March 4, Energoatom decommissioned the two reactors. The third was closed after the bombing on 5 August.
While a fourth reactor is under repair, only reactors five and six remain operational. Last week, two of them were shut down and re-enabled a few hours later.
With this Thursday’s shutdown, only the sixth reactor will remain operational.
“Ukrainian workers at the plant are doing everything possible not to damage the infrastructure,” the Ukrainian operator said. Said.
In the morning, the Russians and Ukrainians exchanged accusations of attacking the vicinity of the nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe. Despite hostilities, IAEA inspectors began to advance towards the facility.
source: Noticias
