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Zaporizhzhia NPP loses external power for the second time in a week, IAEA investigates

Kyiv • UNN, April 17 2026,

The Zaporizhzhia NPP has temporarily lost all external power for the fourteenth time

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant temporarily lost all external power supply, which was subsequently restored. This was reported by the IAEA, which is currently studying the situation and investigating the incident, writes UNN.

Details

According to the agency, the incident occurred in the evening. External power was restored approximately 40 minutes later.

The cause of the outage is currently unknown and is being investigated by specialists on site.ime since the start of the war. The IAEA is conducting an investigation due to critical nuclear safety risks.

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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi stated that this is the second such incident in less than a week and the 14th since the beginning of the full-scale war.

The loss of external power supply underscores the ongoing critical nuclear safety situation– he noted.

The IAEA team at the plant continues to monitor and investigate the circumstances of the incident. The agency emphasizes that such failures pose a serious risk to nuclear safety. https://unn.ua/en/news/zaporizhzhia-npp-loses-external-power-for-the-second-time-in-a-week-iaea-investigates

April 22, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, Ukraine