Ukraine’s nuclear plant has lost power supply, says IAEA
Ukraine’s nuclear plant has lost power supply, says IAEA
The Zaporizhzhia plant is relying on emergency diesel generators and has only a ten-day diesel supply on site.
The plant, which needs power to keep its six non-operating reactors cool, has only a ten-day diesel supply on site, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement.
It has not had a delivery to an off-site storage facility in about six months, but the plant had been supplied with diesel Thursday and Friday from another off-site location, the IAEA added.
“The availability of diesel fuel is of paramount importance whenever a nuclear power plant loses off-site power,” said IAEA director General Rafael Grossi.
“The current situation once again shows why reliable external power and secure supply routes are indispensable for nuclear safety and security.”
The plant lost its regular power supply “following military activity on the northern side of the Dnipro River”, the statement said.
The Vienna-based group said it was trying to negotiate a local ceasefire to allow repairs to electrical lines.
On Friday, the IAEA said there had been three incidents this week involving drones at the Zaporizhzhia plant, injuring two employees, and raising renewed safety concerns.
The plant, in southern Ukraine, was seized by the Russian army in March 2022, just weeks after its full-scale invasion.
Both sides in the conflict regularly accuse the other of attacking the site on the banks of the Dnipro river that marks the frontline in the sector.
IAEA teams have had a permanent presence at the plant since September 2022. Zaporizhzhia’s six reactors have been shut down since 2022.
🇺🇦🔥 Ukrainian drones reportedly traveled more than 1,500 km and struck infrastructure at the LUKOIL-Permnefteorgsintez oil refinery in Perm. Ukraine’s SBU reportedly confirmed the strike on one of Russia’s largest oil refineries, which supplies fuel not only to the civilian sector but also to the Russian war machine. 1,500+ kilometers. Russia’s rear is no longer safe. 🇺🇦
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A cold,very cold winter, coming!
ReplyDeleteThe plant has been under Russian control since 2022 , but Russia has a dodgy history with reactor safety..Zaporizhzhia is facing a real danger.
ReplyDelete🇷🇺🇷🇺Channel One is reporting “colossal victories” by the Russian army: in two months, it captured Piskunivka, Pershomarivka, and Orikhovatka.
ReplyDeleteTo capture them, the Russian army reportedly sacrificed 40,000–60,000 of its own soldiers.
In ten years of war in Afghanistan, the Soviet Union lost two to three times fewer troops.
99.9% of Russians have probably never even heard these names in their lives.
Pershomarivka had a population of just 45 people in 2001.
Why does Russia need these two and a half abandoned houses?
Why send thousands of people to their deaths for them?
Can Russia really not exist without Pershomarivka?
https://x.com/MykhailoRohoza/status/2093682715618918903?s=20
🪖‼️‼️🇺🇦🇷🇺BREAKING NEWS🇷🇺🇺🇦‼️‼️🪖
ReplyDelete⚡️Reports indicate that multiple Ukrainian drones 🇺🇦 have successfully attacked the Kirishi refinery (Kirishinefteorgsintez) 🇷🇺, which is the second largest in all of Russia 🇷🇺.
This Russian oil facility 🇷🇺 can process between 18 and 21 million tons of crude per year, equivalent to about 355,000 barrels daily. It also produces nearly 80 types of derivatives, such as gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel, supplying both the domestic market and the Russian Armed Forces 🇷🇺.
A highly significant attack if confirmed.
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