Overview

• IAEA teams reported smoke in the administrative building on August 12–13 and noted burnt trees near cooling towers but detected no rise in radiation levels or casualties.
• The plant has depended on a single 750 kV external line since losing its last 330 kV backup on May 7, leaving safety systems exposed to single-point failures.
• Inspectors warned that hot weather and high evaporation are exacerbating challenges in supplying reliable cooling water to the six reactors in cold shutdown.
• Staff continue to hear near-daily military activities and shelling about 1.2 kilometres from the site, heightening concerns over operational safety.
• Ukraine’s energy minister has called for the complete demilitarization of the plant and its return to civilian control to safeguard regional nuclear stability.