Repair of ZNPP: restoration of power supply will take about a week - Grossi
Kyiv • UNN
Work has begun at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to restore the damaged power supply system. The IAEA will monitor the progress of repair work at two ZNPP facilities, which are expected to last about a week.
Work has begun at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to restore the damaged power supply system. The IAEA has committed to monitoring the progress of repair work at two ZNPP facilities. The organization also confirmed a "significant step in determined efforts" and outlined the estimated timeframe for completing work on the facilities.
UNN reports with reference to the press service of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Details
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi confirmed technical work to restore external power supply to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). On the morning of October 18, after demining, the process of repairing two cables of the 330 kilovolt (kV) "Ferroalloy-1" line began. The line was disconnected from the ZNPP on May 7.
At the end of this weekend, also after the necessary demining of the specified territory on the other side, repair work should begin on the damaged section of the 750 kV "Dniprovska" line. This line was disconnected on September 23. The latter fact led to a complete loss of external power supply to the ZNPP.
According to the new report, deadlines and responsibilities for repairs at ZNPP facilities have been announced.
- IAEA teams will monitor the progress of repair work at two facilities located several kilometers from the ZNPP.
- The parties are constructively interacting.
- "It will take some more time before the plant is reconnected to the power grid," Grossi said.
Repairs are expected to last about a week
It is noted that a number of reactors still require electricity to power the water pumps that cool the nuclear fuel at the facility.
According to the Atomic Energy Agency's report on the situation at the ZNPP, it is noted - "there is finally light at the end of the tunnel."
Today's start of repair work marks a significant step forward in our determined efforts to restore external power supply to Europe's largest nuclear power plant
Addition
Minister of Energy of Ukraine Svitlana Hrynchuk also confirmed the participation of Ukrainian specialists in restoring power lines on the territory of Europe's largest nuclear power plant.
There is a general understanding that the current situation is absolutely not beneficial to anyone, the IAEA says. A temporary truce is currently in effect near the ZNPP.
However, in many other places in Ukraine, Russia's aggression continues. Russian military continued aerial bombardments of Ukrainian lands.
Recall
Ukrainian energy workers are once again restoring power lines that supply the Zaporizhzhia NPP. This is the 42nd case since the beginning of the full-scale invasion when specialists are repairing damaged lines.
IAEA: work has begun to repair damaged power lines to the ZNPP18.10.25, 12:26 • 7789 views