Chief of IAEA nuclear watchdog warns of 'rolling a dice' and fears that 'one day our luck will run out.” Read more at straitstimes.com.
from overheating reactor fuel – kicked in after external power was lost to the plant early on Thursday, but they have only enough fuel to power it for 10 days.
Ukraine blamed Russia for the loss of power to the plant in southeastern Ukraine. Officials in the part of the Zaporizhzhia region which is occupied by Russia called it a “provocation” by Kyiv.nearly four decades after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, but national grid operator Ukrenergo signalled that repairs had been carried out quickly.
“Specialists of Ukrenergo have restored the power supply of the Zaporizhzhia NPP , which was interrupted by today’s missile strikes,” it said in a statement. “The ZNPP is switching from diesel generators to receiving electricity for its own needs from the unified energy system of Ukraine.” Ukrainian officials have accused Russian forces of compromising safety by shelling the site of the plant, forcing power cuts during air strikes and flouting safety measures.“The risks of disaster at the Zaporizhzhia NPP are significantly increasing, and our ability to react to them, to avoid them are significantly decreasing,” Mr Oleh Korikov, acting chairman of the Ukrainian state nuclear safety watchdog, told a news briefing on Thursday.
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