Russian President Vladimir Putin has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that the Kremlin intends to restart the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Russia's goal would be to bring at least one reactor back into service by the 40th anniversary of the plant's connection to the Soviet Union's power grid in December.
The Wall Street Journal writes this, underlining the further increase in the risks of an accident in Europe's largest nuclear power Plant. The intention to restartThe plant was announced by Putin in a meeting with the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi. The announcement was made in a letter to Grossi from the Russian President, Vladimir Putin. The letter was sent in response to a request for information from the IEA about the status of a nuclear reactor at the Zorazhzia nuclear plant. The plant is currently under Russian occupation and is believed to be one of the world's biggest nuclear power plants. It has a capacity of more than 1,000 megawatts.