Ukraine: ZNPP loses power from main line

On the night of August 10, Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), temporarily seized by Russian troops, lost power from the main 750 kV external power line, Energoatom reported. After that, ZNPP had to switch to the only available backup line of 330 kV, the disconnection of which threatened ZNPP to lose external power (blackout). “In…

Ukraine: five nuclear reactors repaired

Ukraine’s National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom repaired five nuclear reactors at the country’s nuclear power plants this year, the company’s president, Petro Kotin, said. “All our nuclear reactors are gradually going through the period of repairs and overloading of nuclear fuel. To date, the fifth nuclear reactor in the country has been returned to…