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Ukrainian power engineers restore power line to ZNPP

Specialists have managed to launch the external overhead line OHL-750 kV Dniprovska connecting the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhya NPP with the United Energy System of Ukraine. This was reported to Kommersant Ukrainskyi has learned about this from its own sources among the management of the Ukrainian power system.

“The plant is connected to the Ukrainian power grid by two power lines. Today, the overhead line of OHL-750 kV Dniprovska was disconnected. But we managed to restore everything – the plant is powered by two lines,”

– the source said

Today, ZNPP is on the verge of blackout: one of the lines has been disconnected.

Since the start of the Russian occupation, Zaporizhzhia NPP has experienced eight full blackouts and one partial blackout, with emergency diesel generators and safety systems being launched. According to Energoatom, their failure threatens to cause an emergency.

The last time the plant faced the threat of a blackout was on 22 March this year after Russia’s massive shelling of Ukrainian energy facilities.

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