IAEA maintains contact with the Zaporizhzhia NPP

“The Zaporizhzhia NPP site power supply situation is unchanged from that reported in recent updates. The site has four high voltage (750 kV) offsite power lines plus an additional one on standby. Two of the four have been damaged. The operator has informed the IAEA that the NPP off-site power needs could be provided with one power line available. In addition, diesel generators are ready and functional to provide back-up power,” reads the statement by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi published on the organization’s website.

At the same NPP, work is ongoing to detect and dispose of unexploded munitions found in its damaged training centre and other places after the events there on 4 March, when Russian forces took control of the nuclear power plant.

Moreover, according to the IAEA data, staff operating the plant were rotating according to their usual schedule, without interference in their day-to-day activities, the regulator said.

“However, the presence of foreign forces in the area was affecting work morale and causing pressure, it added. The regulator is maintaining contact with the plant, but the IAEA is experiencing difficulties in reaching the Zaporizhzhia NPP management,” the statement notes.

As reported, Russian troops captured ZNPP on the night of March 4. The plant was stormed by an enemy column which consisted of about 100 units of equipment.

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