A localized ceasefire brokered by the IAEA took effect on the frontline near the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) today, paving the way for crucial power line repairs to prevent the threat of a nuclear accident, IAEA posted on X account, APA rpeorts.
In work monitored by IAEA experts, technicians from both sides will in coming days start repairing war-related damage to the 750 kilovolt (kV) Dniprovska power line following extensive de-mining of the area.
The 750 kV power line was disconnected more than two months ago, leaving Europe’s largest NPP entirely reliant on a single 330 kV line for the electricity it needs to cool its six shutdown reactors. In recent weeks, the ZNPP has several times lost access also to this line, forcing it to start operating its emergency diesel generators as a last resort.
It is the sixth temporary ceasefire that IAEA DG Rafael Grossi has negotiated with Russia and Ukraine since late last year to help secure off-site power and ensure nuclear safety.
This time, preparations for the repairs have been complicated by the location of the power line damage: on top of high pylons across the line of control in the Dnipro River.
DG Grossi says the Russian Federation and Ukraine engaged constructively with the IAEA during weeks of sensitive and complex talks, with both sides agreeing to cease fire for the sake of nuclear safety.
The IAEA will continue to do everything it can to help protect people and the environment from the risk of a nuclear accident that would benefit absolutely no one and only add further to wartime devastation and suffering, DG Grossi says.
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