Twentieth blackout hits occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

The occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was left without external power supply on 20 June for the 20th time since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Source: Ukraine's Ministry of Energy; Energoatom

Details: It is reported that due to Russian military activity, the plant lost supply from the 330 kV Ferosplavna-1 transmission line.

Following the incident, emergency diesel generators started automatically to provide backup power for cooling the reactor core and maintaining other critical nuclear safety functions at the facility.

Update: Energoatom reported that at 17:50 external power supply to the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia power plant was restored.

At present, the plant's own needs are being met via a 330 kV overhead transmission line.

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