Zelenskyy: One of generators supplying Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has failed

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Stock photo

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reported that one of the generators supplying the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has failed.

Source: Zelenskyy in his evening address

Quote: “It is already the seventh day – and previously, by the way, there has never been such a situation – of an emergency at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. The situation is critical. Due to Russian attacks, the plant has been cut off from the power grid. It is being supplied with electricity from diesel generators. This is extraordinary.

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The generators and the plant are not designed for this and have never operated in such a mode for so long. And we already have information that one of the generators has failed. It is the Russians, through their attacks, who are preventing the repair of power lines to the plant and the restoration of basic safety.

And this is a threat to absolutely everyone.”

Details: Zelenskyy added that he had held a meeting with the military and the Ministry of Energy and instructed the government “to draw the world’s maximum attention to this situation”.

Background: On 29 September, Oleh Korikov, Head of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine and Chief State Inspector for Nuclear and Radiation Safety, reported that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant had been disconnected from the Ukrainian power grid for six days and backup diesel generators are supplying electricity to safety and other critical systems.

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