Overview

• Director General Rafael Grossi is discussing detailed proposals with Russia and Ukraine to reconnect off-site power, calling the prolonged loss of supply an urgent nuclear safety issue.
• The plant reports eight emergency diesel generators now operating with a 20–22 MW output and sufficient fuel reserves, with additional units on standby and daily resupply ongoing.
• The IAEA says the 330 kV line went down in May on the Ukrainian side and the remaining 750 kV line was disconnected on September 23 on the other side of the frontline, making this the longest outage of the conflict.
• Ukraine accuses Russia of deliberately cutting grid connection to prepare a switch to Russia’s network, while Russian-aligned officials claim Ukrainian strikes disabled most external lines; the IAEA has not assigned blame.
• A new rotation of IAEA experts has arrived at the site, and separate power disruptions briefly affected Chernobyl’s New Safe Confinement this week before electricity was restored with no abnormal radiation readings.