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Ukraine / Zaporizhzhia Takes Action On Backup Power As IAEA Says It Has Been Denied Access To Parts of Russia-Controlled Facility

By David Dalton
4 January 2024

Since August 2022, six-unit station has suffered eight events with complete loss of offsite power

Zaporizhzhia Takes Action On Backup Power As IAEA Says It Has Been Denied Access To Parts of Russia-Controlled Facility
All six nuclear power plants at Zaporizhizhia are now in cold shutdown. Image courtesy IAEA image bank.
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station has taken action to ensure an immediate supply of backup electricity in case its main external power line is lost, amid warnings from the International Atomic Energy Agency that its inspectors had been denied access to parts of the Russian-occupied facility.

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