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ZNPP disconnected from major external power line, working on backup line, warns IAEA
The Russian occupied Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant(ZNPP) was disconnected from its last external power line early on July 4, and now uses a recently restored back-up power supply, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on its website.
The ZNPP lost its connection with the last 750 kilovolt (kV) power line remaining — out of four available before the war. The incident occurred at 1:21 am on July 4.
The reasons for the power cut weren't immediately clear and the IAEA says it is unknown how long it will last.
As of now, the sole power source that the plant can rely on is a 330 kV back-up power line for off-site electricity used, for example, for pumping cooling water for the plant's power units.
The plant's connection to the backup line was recovered on July 1 after it had been damaged four months ago.
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“This time the plant avoided a complete loss of all external power — which has happened seven times previously during the conflict — but the latest power line cut again demonstrates the precarious nuclear safety and security situation at the plant,” the IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said.
The head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, said that Russians had completed preparations for a potential terrorist attack at the occupied Zaporizhzhya NPP. According to information available to him, explosive devices were placed near four out of the six power units at the plant.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia was planning a terror attack at ZNPP and that it could do it even remotely after the plant’s liberation.
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