Zaporizhzhya NPP faces emergency risk from Russian shelling
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Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, currently under Russian occupation, is at high risk again after Russian shelling damaged one of its two external power lines, state-owned Energoatom reported on Sept. 3.
The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant is currently connected to Ukraine's power system by just one transmission line, according to Energoatom.
On Sept. 2, 2024, Russian shelling damaged one of the two external lines supplying power to the plant, which is critical for cooling reactor cores and spent fuel pools.
Energoatom reported that Ukrainian experts have been unable to inspect or repair the damage due to the ongoing threat of further Russian shelling.
Fire in the Zaporizhzhya NPP area on Aug. 11
On the evening of Aug. 11, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that Russian forces had started a fire at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, according to observations from Nikopol. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko confirmed that as of 10:30 p.m., no changes in radiation levels had been detected in the area.
Yevhen Yevtushenko, head of the Nikopol District Military Administration, said sources indicated that Russians set fire to a large number of car tires in the plant's cooling towers.
The IAEA confirmed the fire after multiple explosions, and Energoatom suggested it may have been caused by either negligence or deliberate arson.
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