The Elecricity Supply to Chernobyl Has Been Restored

Russia’s energy ministry has claimed that Belarusian specialists have restored electricity supply to the Chernobyl. The nuclear power plant in Ukraine lost power after Ukraine’s state energy company said it was cut off by Russian troops who seized it nearly two weeks ago. Ukrenergo blamed the outage on actions by Russian troops who seized Chernobyl nearly two weeks ago. The company said the conflict meant it could not restore power at Chernobyl - site of the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986. The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said the outage did not impact safety. Although no longer a working power station, Chernobyl was never fully abandoned and still requires constant management. Spent nuclear fuel is cooled at the site. Rafael Grossi, director-general of the UN watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said that even without an electrical supply, the spent nuclear fuel would not heat up sufficiently to cause an accident. The acting head of the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Valeriy Seyda told the BBC the generators had enough fuel to power the site for 48 hours. Source: Reuters