The state energy operator of Ukraine, Energoatomhas confirmed this Friday the partial reconnection of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant to the country’s electricity grid thanks to the reactivation of one of its power units.
“One of the units of the central Zaporizhia that went out 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 “it is already producing electricity to cover the needs of Ukraine, and the increase in power is in progress”. However, Energoatom has refrained from commenting “on the operation of the equipment and safety systems”.
[Un incendio provoca la desconexión total de la central de Zaporiyia de la red eléctrica ucraniana]
Finally, the operator applauded the civilian employees who work at the plant as “true heroes” who guarantee “the nuclear safety of Ukraine and all of Europe.”
Aerial view of the Zaporizhia power plant on August 21 taken by British intelligence in which the position of the Russian troops is observed.
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 that the International Atomic Energy Agency had already warned about ( IAEA).
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