Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant cut off from power grid

The captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear station in Ukraine has been shut off from the electricity grid once more, according to its Russian administrators and the Ukrainian atomic agency on Monday, a potentially dangerous situation that has grown more regular as a result of the bombardment. “Due to a high-tension line being cut, the plant lost its external electricity supply,” the Russian administration wrote on Telegram, adding the causes of the outage were being investigated and that backup diesel generators were keeping it working. Energoatom, Ukraine’s nuclear agency, accused Russia of carrying out an attack that caused the power outage on Monday morning, claiming it was the seventh incident of the facility entering “blackout mode” since Moscow’s soldiers took control in March 2022. Energoatom stated that the generators had enough fuel to last 10 days. “If it is impossible to restore external power to the plant during this time, an accident with radiation consequences for the whole world may occur,” it warned. The governor of the Dnipro region said an overnight aerial attack had been reported, with four Russian missiles and 15 drones downed and at least eight civilians injured. The last power cut at Zaporizhzhia, Europe’s largest nuclear plant located in southeastern Ukraine, had been caused by another wave of Russian missile attacks, Energoatom said. The external power supply was restored after a few hours on that occasion. The UN’s nuclear chief Rafael Grossi, who has tried to negotiate with both sides to reach a deal on the safety of the plant, said it was the seventh power cut at the huge nuclear facility during the war. “Nuclear safety situation at the plant extremely vulnerable,” he said on Twitter. “We must agree to protect plant now; this situation cannot continue.” Grossi visited the Moscow-occupied plant in March. Zaporizhzhia used to supply around 20 per cent of Ukraine’s electricity and continued to function in the early months of Russia’s offensive despite frequent shelling, before halting power production in September. None of its six Soviet-era reactors has since generated electricity, but the facility remains connected to the Ukrainian power grid for its own needs, notably to cool the reactors. Read all the Latest News, Trending News,  Cricket News, Bollywood News, India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.