The final working reactor on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant has been disconnected from the Ukrainian grid, the nation’s nuclear company Energoatom stated on Monday, saying it was the results of a fireplace brought on by Russian shelling.
“In consequence, energy unit No. 6 was unloaded and disconnected from the grid, which at present provides the ZNPP’s personal wants,” the company stated in its assertion.
Energoatom is engaged on restoring the connection, a spokesperson instructed CNN on Monday.
“There’s a probability to revive the ability transmission to the Ukrainian grid,” the spokesperson added, saying he couldn’t element timings because the state of affairs remained tense.
The spokesperson famous that the state of affairs was not thought-about an emergency.
“The ability unit No.6 continues to be working and cooling all the remainder of nuclear reactors. So principally it maintains the ability of the plant itself,” the spokesperson defined. “When the mills activate, often mechanically, this example can be thought-about emergency. For now, it’s not.”
The Russian managed military-civilian administration of the town of Enerhodar, the place the ability plant is positioned, wouldn’t say whether or not the ability plant had been disconnected from the Ukrainian grid, however stated the state of affairs on the plant was regular.
The Energoatom spokesperson additionally stated disconnecting the plant from the Ukrainian grid wouldn’t make connecting the plant to the Russian grid any simpler, as a result of harm to transmission traces.
