“The latest incident highlights the increasingly precarious and challenging situation in terms of the safety of nuclear facilities,” the statement said.
The nuclear power plant of Zaporizhia was once again without external power and restarted emergency diesel generators, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced on Wednesday night.
“The latest incident highlights the increasingly precarious and challenging situation in terms of the safety of nuclear facilities,” the statement said.
The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the largest in all of Europe, was cut off several times during the Russian invasion due to bombings blamed on each other by Kyiv and Moscow.
#Zaporizhzhya NPP has lost external electricity access again & is relying on diesel generators to power cooling & essential nuclear safety & security functions, on-site IAEA report. 🇺🇦Operator Energoatom reported 3 other NPPs were automatically disconnected. https://t.co/NnjPszs1n3 pic.twitter.com/iAov7dJsHK
— IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️ (@iaeaorg) November 23, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the United Nations Security Council by video link after he called for an emergency meeting to discuss new Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
Two diplomats said Zelensky would speak at 4:00 p.m. (New York time, 11:00 p.m. Greek time). Earlier, he said via Twitter that he had “instructed” Ukraine’s UN ambassador Serhiy Kislitsia to request the emergency meeting.
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