Of the 15 operating reactors at four NPPs, seven are currently connected to the grid, including two at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhya NPP.
Tuesday evening between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant have restored direct communication. This was stated in a press release by the Agency's Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi.
Russian troops held Chernobyl for five weeks before withdrawing their troops on March 31. On March 10, the IAEA lost contact with the nuclear power plant.
“The situation is volatile, so it is very good news that the regulator can now contact the plant directly when needed,” Grossi said in a statement. He said the IAEA expert mission plans to visit the facility later this month to “conduct nuclear safety, security and radiology assessments, deliver vital equipment and repair remote monitoring systems.”
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Situation with nuclear power plants in the occupied and controlled territories
As for the country's 15 operating reactors at four nuclear power plants, the Ukrainian side said that seven are currently connected to the network, including two at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, two at the Rivne nuclear power plant, two at the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant and one at Khmelnytsky. The other eight reactors are shut down for regular maintenance or kept in reserve. Security systems continue to operate at four NPPs.
As for safeguards, the IAEA has stated that it still does not receive remote data transmission from its monitoring systems installed at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, but such data is transmitted to IAEA headquarters from other countries. NPP in Ukraine.
It will be recalled that on the first day of the occupation Russian troops captured the Chernobyl NPP, staff were not released or allowed to rotate. The interim head of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Valery Seida, noted that a forced standstill regime had been introduced at the station. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they were later placed in the Gomel Scientific and Practical Center for Radiation Medicine of “Union” Belarus.
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