As a result of the shelling by Russian troops of the city of Energodar and directly the site of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, one of the two operating power units of the plant was switched off after the emergency protection was activated, Energoatom reported..

“Today, September 1, 2022, at 4:57 a.m., as a result of another mortar attack by the Russian occupying forces on the site of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, emergency protection was triggered and the operating 5th power unit was turned off,” the energy regulator said..

Also, as a result of shelling, the backup power line for auxiliary needs of ZAES-330 kV was damaged.. As a result, in the transient mode, there was a blackout of the idle power unit No. 2 with the start of diesel generators.

“This is the second time in the last 10 days the criminal actions of the rashists led to the shutdown of the unit and the de-energization of the station,” the company emphasized..

The last operating power unit No. 6 continues to operate in the energy system of Ukraine and at the same time feeds its own needs at ZNPP. The station staff is doing everything possible to repair the damage to its infrastructure.

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Recall that on August 25, Energoatom reported that the Russian invaders had achieved a complete shutdown of the Zaporozhye NPP from the power grid as a result of damage to the power grids. The next day, Ukrainian power engineers managed to launch two power units and resume the flow of electricity to the energy systems of Ukraine.

Earlier, Ukrainian experts warned that the lack of regular power supply to the nuclear power plant would make it impossible to cool the nuclear fuel and lead to the release of radioactive substances, as happened at the Japanese Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant..