Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant stops production

(ANSA) - KIEV, 22 MAY - The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, in Russian-occupied Ukraine, has again cut off the supply of power into the grid. This was announced by the administration of the plant. The Russians claim that the cause is the interruption of the high-voltage line that feeds the atomic power plant.
The exclusion of the plant from the Ukrainian electricity grid, an operation considered dangerous as well as harmful, has become frequent practice by the Russians whenever there are bombings nearby. According to what is written on Telegram, the causes of the interruption of the line are being ascertained and the emergency diesel generator of the plant has provisionally come into operation.
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi in a tweet said that the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "is extremely vulnerable, this situation cannot continue", after the site had to disconnect from the Ukrainian electricity grid. "The plant is disconnected from the external grid this morning for the seventh time during the conflict, it is now using emergency diesel generators for power; The nuclear safety situation at the installation is extremely vulnerable. We must decide to protect the plant now: this situation cannot continue," he wrote. (ANSA).