Ukraine Nuclear Plant Loses Remaining Power Source Due to Shelling--U.N.

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest in Europe, has lost its last remaining external power source as a result of renewed shelling and is now relying on emergency diesel generators, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said that the plant’s link to a 750-kilovolt line was cut at around 1 a.m. Saturday. It cited official information from Ukraine as well as reports from IAEA experts at the site, which is held by Russian forces.

All six reactors at the plant are shut down but they still require electricity for cooling and other safety functions. Plant engineers have begun work to repair the damaged power line and the plant’s generators — not all of which are currently being used — each have sufficient fuel for at least 10 days, the IAEA said.

“The resumption of shelling, hitting the plant’s sole source of external power, is tremendously irresponsible,” IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said in a statement.

The IAEA didn’t apportion blame for the shelling.

Zaporizhzhia is one of four regions that Russian President Vladimir Putin has annexed in violation of international laws. While the nuclear plant has been under Russian control for months, the city of the same name remains under Ukrainian control.

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According to this report, Europe's largest nuclear power plant (Ukraine) has had its electrical lines shelled and destroyed...forcing all cooling and safety functions to rely exclusively on emergency generators.
These generators can run only for 10 days.

Now, also according to the article, the plant, itself, is under Russian control...and the shelling is coming from the town under Ukrainian control.

Does this mean Ukrainian forces are shelling their own nuclear power plant and risking a nuclear meltdown at Europe's largest nuke plant?

It seems to me that if this is Russia's doing, the IAEA would've already pointed the finger at Russia for the shelling.

a reply to: IAMTAT

Ain't no party like a nuclear radiation party baybeee.

How many more of my tax dollars should I send to fix this.

originally posted by: Lysergic
a reply to: IAMTAT

Ain't no party like a nuclear radiation party baybeee.

How many more of my tax dollars should I send to fix this.

GIVE till you GLOW.

Surprised no one has come by to say russia shelled their own territory yet lol...

originally posted by: RickyD
Surprised no one has come by to say russia shelled their own territory yet lol...

Gotta wait for the big brained 200 iq bots to see the title.

Alas, it becomes Putin's Nuke Weapon !!!!!!🥶😧

originally posted by: RickyD
Surprised no one has come by to say russia shelled their own territory yet lol...

Not sure if NAFO works weekends...

Yes, it is under Russian control. Someone wants to end civilization at all cost.

Word has it this is exactly the region Ukraine is gathering a huge build up of force, or is it a bluff again?

And it doesn’t need to be kept secret because Ukraines current large offensives are on the flanks, placing more or move from the flanks could equally be what they’re after?

Since Ukraine mobilised 730,000 men in day two, it’s possible they have 300k active and over that in reserve/replace

I’m just going to assume there’s tonight 100k on each flank spread, and 80k ready in central to zaporzhia wanting to break the last supply and logistics to Crimea, and breaking through to melitopol ?

Otherwise why else hit Kerch?

So this could very well be a ploy by desperate Russian commanders to stop arguable the middle of the end occurring

These nuke reactor story’s have been used by both sides for weeks to bait each other

Basically if that plant goes boom NATO will enter and Russia knows that full well, and the fact they ain’t gonna do it says to me Putin already has an of ramp in his head, unfortunately for him the whole Ukraine war from here on out isn’t just liberate Ukraine, it’s liberate Russia from Putin or any other man like him ever gaining power again in Russia

I think Putin is happy to lose a fair fight like a gentleman tbh, now he’s legendary status in western history, dead or alive he’s happy with that, but the rules are you can’t nuke him to beat him

And his nature from all the people who know him best is he escalated every single time, he never folds, he’s a straigh up serial killer which is the sexy interest the far right of the world lives to see a dominant figure, king, boss, G, Ruler, it doesn’t matter where these toxic names are in the world on the conservatives right they want an Alfa, an Achilles, a Pharaoh, a Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn

Where as the softer left want big government, more over watching, molly coddling, and as they say we network the right doesn’t, yes because they’re not weak right?

So yadda yadda human phycology and world views

You’re all a bunch of manipulative morons though? And that’s just a fact? If you wasn’t your all be United

So the point is Putin isn’t as stupid as 99% of the world, he’s a freak of nature, a bitter scored old man, but he is a gentlemen and amicable deep down inside, he got his shot, he arguably got sunk by his closest partner in crime Xi, that fat lady hasn’t sung yet though

I said, NORD KERCH… now I’m saying 3 possibles… Putin back-peddles not likely those who close to him, Russia escalates with a tactical nuke, CCP enters fight, NATO enters fight, all 3 possible with it 72h ms

Ever way, no nuclear Armageddon, just a good ole not empires… but a civilisational clash, so WWII on steroids

Anyway I’m Rather stoned tonight and feel I’m waffling, g night

Better just take iodide pills instead of idk...repairing the gd cut wire.
Is this even real life?
It feels like a d-rate sci-fi horror flick.
Stupid nwo UN pinky commies.

originally posted by: JAY1980

originally posted by: RickyD
Surprised no one has come by to say russia shelled their own territory yet lol...

Not sure if NAFO works weekends...

russia has frequently been shelling FROM the nuke plant, the international observers have not noticed any shelling OF the plant, and that isn't even what russia is claiming.

russia, after attacking Ukraine's electrical grid for a few months, is claiming that the grid is no longer able to reliably provide input power for the nuclear plant, and decided to turn it off. A decision that was made about a week ago when russia started turning off the reactors.

Also notable - russia removed the Ukrainian staff that had been operating the plant at the same time they started shutting it down and declared that Ukraine will freeze this winter.

originally posted by: JAY1980

originally posted by: RickyD
Surprised no one has come by to say russia shelled their own territory yet lol...

Not sure if NAFO works weekends...

They've been notified by special courier via The Swiss Embassy 😀

originally posted by: TritonTaranis

I think Putin is happy to lose a fair fight like a gentleman tbh, now he’s legendary status in western history, dead or alive he’s happy with that, but the rules are you can’t nuke him to beat him

I was with you until this part, I saw what russia did in Bucha, and to hundreds of hospitals far from the war zone early in the war.

putin never had any intention of a 'fair fight' and has never behaved 'gentlemenly'.

a reply to: MidnightWatcher

The biggest problem I have is I don't trust either side.
There's an actor as president there taking trillions, while Pelosi, Romney, Kerry and Biden all have children on oil boards there, while driving up oil costs, all while the silicone valley superpropaganda arm pushes Ukrain victim, evil Russians, need money etc....

a reply to: Mandroid7


Zelinsky isn't the Ukrainian president that was paying off the biden crime family & democrat party, he's the one that the democrat party impeached Trump over because Trump blocked a huge round of funding until the day after the election instead of interfering with that election as democrats had planned.

Zelinsky ran on an anti corruption campaign, has been an excellent war time leader, and appears to hate the democrat party's corruption efforts in Ukraine even more than I do.

It'll be interesting to see if he lives up to his anti corruption promises after the war, but it's absolutely unfair to blame him for the democrat corruption in Ukraine that occured before he was elected

a reply to: TritonTaranis

Knew it wouldn't be too long before someone floated the dumbassed idea russia did it themselves...

a reply to: MidnightWatcher

Of course they haven't...the west pays their checks.

a reply to: IAMTAT
Controlled shutdown or else
10 days?

Wow

a reply to: MidnightWatcher

He was installed after the last one we installed was to extremist for our tastes (basically he made us look bad and had to go).

originally posted by: RickyD
a reply to: TritonTaranis

Knew it wouldn't be too long before someone floated the dumbassed idea russia did it themselves...

More like russia is pretending anyone attacked the nuke plant at all.

It isn't even what russia claimed, they claimed that the input power is no longer reliable - right after russia hit the grid with missiles all over the country.