IAEA: three Ukrainian nuclear power plants reduced electricity production after new Russian attacks
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- Alona Kokhanchuk
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9:30, 29 November, 2024
Ukrainian nuclear power plants reduced electricity production after new Russian attacks. Photo from open sourcesThree nuclear power plants of Ukraine reduced their electricity production due to new attacks on the energy infrastructure.
This was stated by IAEA Director General Rafaela Grossi.
In addition, power was reduced at nine reactors operated at these stations. Another reactor at the Rivne NPP was disconnected from the grid.
«For the second time in less than two weeks, the Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, and South Ukrainian NPPs reduced their power levels as a precautionary measure during large-scale military operations in the country,» he noted.
In addition, power was reduced at nine reactors operated at these stations.
It is also indicated that the NPPs continued to receive electricity from the outside, despite the fact that the Khmelnytskyi NPP lost connection with two power transmission lines.
The state of energy on November 29
As of 8:00 a.m., 70% of the Mykolaiv region, including Mykolaiv, is without electricity.
The head of Mykolayiv RMA Vitalii Kim said that energy experts found a place where the power grid was cut off as a result of Russian attacks. Its restoration and supply of light will take about two hours.