Power restored at Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant after Russian attack

The Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) has been reconnected to Ukraine's unified power grid following a blackout caused by a Russian strike on the facility.

Source: Ukraine's Ministry of Energy

Details: Power engineers restored electricity from the unified power system after a nighttime Russian attack damaged parts of the plant's energy infrastructure.

Electricity has also returned to the Sarcophagus – the containment structure sealing the damaged reactor – as well as to the spent nuclear fuel storage facility.

"The radiation levels at the industrial site and across the exclusion zone are within safe limits. The plant has sufficient fuel reserves and backup power to maintain operations in case of further attacks," the Ministry of Energy said.

The ministry also called for an extraordinary meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors to evaluate the aftermath of the Russian attacks. This was agreed upon by Denys Shmyhal, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy, and IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi.

Background: On the morning of 20 January, the IAEA reported that the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant had lost all external power supply as a result of a Russian attack, while power lines supplying other nuclear power plants had also been affected.

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