Grossi: The ongoing instability in the Ukrainian electricity grid threatens nuclear safety
Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, confirmed that the ongoing instability in the Ukrainian electricity grid continues to threaten nuclear safety during the military conflict.
Grossi said in a statement today, that this sometimes causes disturbances in the availability of off-site energy for the country’s main nuclear sites, and Grossi pointed to the suffering of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant. “ZNPP” From another loss of all off-site power supplies – the eleventh time during the conflict – he noted that all available emergency diesel generators (EDGs) on site automatically started generating the electricity the plant needs to operate the water pumps used to cool the reactors and other basic nuclear safety and security functions.
He explained that the repeated loss of off-site power events increases operational stress and highlights the importance of maintaining Reliable off-site power.
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