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Ukraine / Backup Power Disconnected At Zaporizhzhia In Order To Extinguish Fire

By David Dalton
6 September 2022

Facility receiving electricity it needs for safety from only operating reactor
Backup Power Disconnected At Zaporizhzhia In Order To Extinguish Fire
Damage at a Unit 6 building at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine. Courtesy IAEA.
A 330 kV backup power line between Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station and a nearby thermal power station was deliberately disconnected on Monday (5 September) in order to extinguish a fire, but the line itself was not damaged.

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