Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant specialists carried out work on backup electrical transformers, bringing two of three units online with one permanently connected to backup power lines for all six reactors to enable automatic power switching without manual intervention.

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

IAEA experts have been denied access to reactor halls of units 1, 2, and 6 at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant for two weeks. This is the first time IAEA experts have not been granted access to a reactor hall of a unit that was in cold shutdown.

Russian forces blocked IAEA access to reactor halls of units 1, 2, and 6 for the past two weeks

Russian forces prohibited IAEA experts from inspecting reactor halls of units 1, 2, and 6 at Zaporizhzhia NPP for the past two weeks.

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi stated this is the first time access was denied to a unit on cold shutdown.