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Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Regains Access To Backup Electricity From Grid

By David Dalton
10 November 2025

IAEA warns that external electricity situation at facility remains ‘extremely fragile’

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Regains Access To Backup Electricity From Grid
A control room at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine. Courtesy IAEA.
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station has regained its access to backup electricity from the grid for the first time in six months, after today’s completion of repairs to a second power line under the protection of a localised ceasefire brokered by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

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