Ukrainian nuclear power plant shut down during Russian attacks

Reactors at two nuclear power plants in Ukraine were temporarily shut down this week. This is according to a statement from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The reactors were shut down during Russian attacks on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

Reactors in Rivne and southern Ukraine were temporarily shut down. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant, whose four reactors have been shut down, and the Khmelnytskyi site were also affected by an "external power situation". According to the IAEA, there was no power failure at any of the sites. The nuclear power plants are dependent on an external power supply in order to be operated safely, the authority emphasized.

Concern about Kursk nuclear power plant

The IAEA pointed out that the external power supply to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant had already been interrupted several times. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi plans to visit and inspect the nuclear power plant for the fifth time next week.

The IAEA is also concerned about the Russian Kursk nuclear power plant, near which Ukrainian units advanced almost three weeks ago. Russia informed the IAEA last week that the remains of a drone had been found on the grounds of the nuclear power plant around 100 meters away from the spent fuel storage facility.

(anw)