Ukraine`s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant again lost connection to the last remaining main external power line but continues to supply electricity to the grid through a reserve line, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Saturday.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog`s experts now stationed at the plant were told by Ukrainian staff that the site`s fourth operational 750 Kilovolt power line was down after three others were lost earlier, it said in a statement on its website.
But IAEA experts also learned that a reserve line linking the facility to a nearby thermal power plant was delivering electricity to the external grid. This reserve line can also provide backup power to the ZNPP if needed, it said.
