The state energy operator of Ukraine, Energoatom, has confirmed this Friday the partial reconnection of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant to the electricity grid of the country thanks to the reactivation of one of its power units.
“One of the units of the Zaporizhia plant that was turned off the day before was reconnected to the electricity grid” this Friday at 2:04 p.m. (one hour less in mainland Spain), Energoatom announced on its Telegram channel. The reconnected unit “is already producing electricity to meet Ukraine’s needs, and power increase is in progress“. However, Energoatom has refrained from commenting “on the operation of the equipment and security systems.”
The operator, finally, has applauded the civilian employees who work at the plant as some “true heroes” that guarantee “the nuclear safety of Ukraine and the whole of Europe”.
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The fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in the vicinity of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant forced its disconnection from the Ukrainian electricity grid on Thursday, an unprecedented measure that exacerbates security concerns.
The plant was already only connected to the network by one of the four enabled points before the region became the scene of fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, something about which the International Atomic Energy Agency had already warned ( IAEA).