The three remaining nuclear power plants under Ukraine's control are back online after briefly being cut off due to Russian bombardment, Ukraine's government announced.
The CEO of Ukraine's state-owned electric company Ukrenergo, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, announced on Thursday that the Rivne, South Ukrainian, and Khmelnytsky nuclear power plants were operational again. On Wednesday, following a blistering Russian missile bombardment, all nuclear plants in Ukraine lost external power for the first time in history, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi announced. Nuclear power provides a substantial part of Ukraine's electricity.
Ukraine’s 4 operational nuclear power plants all have access to the 🇺🇦nat'l grid again following a complete loss of off-site power this week. Separately, IAEA completed a week-long nuclear safety & security expert mission to Chornobyl & its Exclusion Zone. https://t.co/9PyMocmUkH pic.twitter.
“Almost all critical infrastructure in the country is connected [to electricity]: water utilities, sewerage systems, heating and communal energy, boiler houses, hospitals, gas distribution infrastructure, mines. 200-400,000 consumers are de-energized in each region at certain hours," he added.
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