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Safety concerns persist at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP)

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) lost its immediate
back-up 750 kV power supply to the reactor units for several hours during
the week of 15 January.

This was the latest incident underlining persistent
nuclear safety and security risks at the site, director general Rafael
Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on 19 January
during its Update 207 report. Thursday’s failure of two of the ZNPP’s
back-up power electrical transformers showed the continuing vulnerability
in the availability of external power, which the plant needs to cool its
six reactors and for other essential nuclear safety and security functions.

 Modern Power Systems 30th Jan 2024

https://www.modernpowersystems.com/news/newssafety-concerns-persist-at-znpp-iaea-update-11474827

February 2, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, Ukraine