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It is located in the Zaporizhzhia region, one of four regions that Russia has illegally annexed. Russian forces have occupied the plant since early in the war. He said the move deprived the city of Energodar, where plant’s workers live, of heating. The Russian state-run news agency Tass quoted an official at Russia’s nuclear power operator, Rosenergoatom, as claiming that Ukraine had switched off the two power lines and denied that Russian shelling of power lines had caused the problems.

Russia gave a different account, blaming Ukraine. Energoatom said Thursday that Russian shelling knocked out the last two high voltage transmission lines feeding the Zaporizhzhia plant. Russia and Ukraine have traded blame during the war for shelling at and around the plant. nuclear watchdog head, said relying on diesel generators ”is clearly not a sustainable way to operate a major nuclear facility” and urged again that a protection zone be established around the plant.

The U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed the switch to backup diesel generators and said that underlines “the extremely precarious nuclear safety and security situation.” “The countdown has begun,” Energoatom said, noting it had limited possibilities to “maintain the ZNPP in a safe mode.” The generators have enough fuel to maintain the plant in southeastern Ukraine for just 15 days, state nuclear power company Energoatom said. officials reported.įighting in Ukraine has repeatedly damaged power lines and electrical substations that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant requires to operate its safety systems, forcing workers to turn to backup generators to cool its six reactors until regular power is restored. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was relying on emergency diesel generators to run its safety systems Thursday after external power from the Ukrainian electric grid was again cut off, Ukrainian and U.N.