Energoatom reports that power supply has been restored at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
“Ukrainian specialists from NPC Ukrenergo have completed repair work on the 330 kV Lisna-Chernobyl line and resumed power supply to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the city of Slavutych,” Ukrainian Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko said in a statement dated March 13.
He praised for the heroism of our nuclear scientists and electricians, who managed to return the power supply to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, seized by the Russian aggressors.
“Our Ukrainian power engineers, risking their own health and lives, were able to avert the risk of a possible nuclear catastrophe that threatened all of Europe. Now the cooling systems for spent nuclear assemblies will again operate in normal mode, not from backup power, the minister stressed.
He recalled that the nuclear power plant is an object of Ukrainian energy, and Ukraine does not need any help from anyone to ensure or restore electricity at our facilities.
“Yes, our power engineers are indeed heroes, but it is impossible to ensure nuclear safety in the face of military aggression by exploits alone,” the statement says.
In this regard, Galushchenko again turned to international partners, the IAEA, the OSCE, the European Commission and the UN with a request to help protect nuclear facilities.
“At present, it is extremely necessary to force the enemy to leave the nuclear power plant and establish a 30-kilometer demilitarized zone around Ukraine's nuclear power facilities,” he concluded.
