Another localized ceasefire near the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant came into effect yesterday. The repair work was made possible with the mediation of the International Atomic Energy Agency. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi announced this on Friday, November 7.
Grossi noted that the ceasefire prevented a nuclear accident and allowed to continue repair work on connecting Zaporizhzhia NPPto the power grid. The IAEA Director General emphasized that this morning demining work began near the damaged section of the 330 kilovolt (kV) Ferroalloy-1 line, which lost connection with the plant six months ago. This will give the Zaporizhzhia NPP access to two power lines.
"However, it is clearly not enough to have only one power line available for a plant that had ten before the war. After intensive and complex consultations with the Russian Federation and Ukraine, we have agreed on a new ceasefire window that will allow additional repair work to continue. We hope that this power line will be reconnected in the near future, which will be a significant new step for nuclear safety," Grossi said.
The work will be monitored by the IAEA team based at the Zaporizhzhia NPP.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on October 23, the Zaporizhzhia NPP went out of record blackout after a month of blackouts.
On October 9, Grossi said that the process of connecting two power lines had begun at the Zaporizhzhia NPP.
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