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IAEA Reports Output Cuts at Two Ukrainian NPPs After Substation Strike as Zaporizhzhia Loses One Grid Line

The agency is probing an automatic trip on Zaporizhzhia’s Dniprovska line to speed restoration of reliable off-site power.

Overview

  • A November 6–7 attack damaged a critical substation, disconnecting Khmelnytskyi and Rivne from one of their two 750 kV lines, the IAEA said.
  • Ukraine’s grid operator ordered reduced generation, with three reactors still running at limited power even as one damaged line was restored.
  • Zaporizhzhia remains supplied through the Ferrosplavnaya-1 line after the Dniprovska line disconnected on November 14 when a protection system activated.
  • Repairs carried out under IAEA-brokered localized ceasefires recently reconnected ZNPP following a month-long loss of off-site power, enabling safety maintenance to resume.
  • ZNPP’s communications director told TASS that only a halt to Ukrainian attacks would remove nuclear risk, a claim that has not been independently verified.