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IAEA Confirms Power Restored After Chernobyl Shelter Outage

Competing claims over the cause point to a wider campaign against Ukraine’s grid that has also pushed Zaporizhzhia onto emergency generators.

Un nuevo corte afectó a la famosa central nuclear.
Vista aérea de la planta nuclear de Chernobyl. (Reuters)
Vista general del nuevo refugio protector sobre los restos de la Unidad 4 del reactor nuclear hoy en la central nuclear de Chernóbil (Ucrania), en una imagen de archivo. Foto: EFE/ Oleg Petrasyuk
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Overview

  • International monitors reported the New Safe Confinement at Chernobyl lost external electricity after the Slavutych 330 kV line went down, with diesel generators maintaining key systems.
  • The IAEA said external supply was reconnected after roughly 16 hours and reported no immediate radiological release.
  • Ukraine’s energy ministry and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian artillery and drone strikes of causing the outage, calling it a deliberate radiological risk.
  • The Kremlin disputed Ukraine’s account and suggested Ukrainian fire was responsible, reflecting the ongoing information contest over attacks on energy infrastructure.
  • Zaporizhzhia remains disconnected from the grid and on emergency diesel to power cooling and spent fuel systems, as IAEA chief Rafael Grossi urged rapid reconnection and stronger safeguards.