Zaporizhzhia NPP is connected to the only available backup power line for the first time in four months

For the first time in four months, Zaporizhzhia NPP has been connected to the only available backup power line.

The IAEA reported this.

At the same time, the power supply situation at the site remains "extremely fragile."

"The reconnection of the 330 kV line is significant as the ZNPP for the past several months has been relying on a single main 750 kV line for the external electricity it needs for reactor cooling and other essential nuclear safety and security functions. It had four 750 kV lines before [the full-scale war] began in February 2022," the IAEA added.

It will be recalled that on June 20, the head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, said that the Russians had mined the ZNPP cooler. 

The IAEA said it did not find any mines near the ZNPP cooling pond during its visit on June 15. 

Later, Budanov said that the Russians had completed preparations for a terrorist attack on the Zaporizhzhia NPP. They have deployed equipment with explosives near four of the six power units at Zaporizhzhia NPP. 

At the same time, the United States said it saw no signs that Russia could blow up the Zaporizhzhia NPP.