In accordance with the instructions of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is informing the international community about the dangerous actions of the Russian occupiers at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant.
This was reported by the Ministry of Energy.
According to the IAEA, the Zaporizhzhya NPP has been without its main power source for ten days and is operating only thanks to backup diesel generators. Fuel reserves for their operation will last for about 10 days.
The agency's Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi, stressed that the situation is extremely unstable and poses serious risks to nuclear and radiation safety. If the backup systems are shut down, there is a risk of nuclear fuel melting.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy, in cooperation with international partners, is calling on the international community to increase pressure on Russia to prevent a nuclear disaster and return the ZNPP to Ukraine's control as soon as possible.
- On 23 September, as a result of the shutdown of the high-voltage line supplying the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP, the plant lost power for its own needs from the Ukrainian power grid.
- Later, Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said that Russia was creating conditions for connecting the Zaporizhzhya NPP to its power grid and was trying to involve the IAEA in this process.