Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station has lost all external access to electricity after renewed shelling overnight and is currently running backup diesel generators to ensure onsite power supply, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The agency said diesel generators started operating automatically when connections were cut to a main 750 kilovolt (kV) power line and a backup 330 kV line which provided electricity through the switchyard of a nearby thermal power station.
…