Zaporizhzhia NPP loses connection to main power line: IAEA calls for ceasefire
Photo: Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (Getty Images)
As of now, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, is relying on only one backup line for external power supply.
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, said talks have begun with Ukraine and Russia on establishing a local ceasefire to allow repairs of the damaged power transmission line.
Situation at the plant
In early March, after repairs, the 330 kV high-voltage Ferrosplavna-1 line to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was restored. It had been disconnected for 23 days.
Notably, Russia has long been trying to connect the plant to its own power grid. Recently, acting head of the Upper Don Department of Rostekhnadzor, Andrey Tyurin, visited the station to discuss "key issues of operation and safety."
In addition, the aggressor state insists that the electricity produced by the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant should be divided between Ukraine and Russia.
In early February, Russia rejected a proposal from the United States government under a peace deal that would have given Washington full control over the plant. This would have allowed the US to distribute electricity between Ukraine and the aggressor state.
Earlier, at the end of December, Ukraine and Russia agreed on a local ceasefire around the Zaporizhzhia plant, which made it possible to begin restoring the damaged power transmission line.
