Ukrainian NPPs largely back on track after russian missile strike - IAEA

Ukraine's three operating nuclear power plants - Khmelnytskyi, Rivne and South Ukraine - have largely resumed electricity production after a sharp reduction last week amid renewed russian attacks on the power grid, according to a new report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The three NPPs have a total of nine reactors, eight of which are currently operating and one is in a shutdown state:

• most have gradually increased electricity production again over the past week, although some units operated below full capacity for several days after the russian strikes on November 28 affected the electrical infrastructure;
• however, some power lines that the plants use to both receive and transmit electricity remain down.

Operators have demonstrated significant resilience during and after the recent period of grid instability, allowing these plants to maintain nuclear safety and generate electricity after last week’s production cuts, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on December 5, Deputy Energy Minister Mykola Kolesnyk said that Ukraine is gradually reducing the number of power outages.

On the night of November 17, the aggressor country of russia launched a massive combined strike on Ukrainian energy facilities with various types of air-, land- and sea-based missiles, as well as Shahed-type strike drones.