Moscow restricted IAEA access to some parts of the turbine halls at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
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Moscow has restricted access to some parts of the plant's turbine halls
Work was carried out on backup electrical transformers at ZNPP
Two of the three backup transformers are now operational
One operational transformer is permanently connected to on-site backup power lines of all six units
Backup 330 kV line will automatically provide electricity without manual intervention if main 750 kV supply is lost
IAEA experts have in recent weeks continued to hear regular explosions some distance away from the site
For the past two weeks they have not been allowed to access the reactor halls of units 1, 2 and 6
This is the first time that IAEA experts have not been granted access to a reactor hall of a unit that was in cold shutdown
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