Magate employees on ZAES (archive). Magate: The Zaporizhzhya NPP is left without backup power supply against the background of ongoing hostilities Peace and safety The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear power plant (ZAES) of Ukraine has been working on one outer power line for more than a week after the only remaining reserve line has been disabled. This is another reminder of the fragility of nuclear security situations during a military conflict, today said the General Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossy. nuclear power plants need reliable external power supply to cool reactors and perform other most important functions, the agency emphasized. Over the past three years, ZASS has temporarily lost access to external energy. & Amp; nbsp; security threat So, on February 11, the only reserve power line with a voltage of 330 kilovolts (KV), which has not yet been completely restored, was disconnected, the IAEA said. Thus, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe completely depends on one line with a voltage of 750 square meters. Prior to the conflict, there was a total of 10 power lines on the ZAES. 60 > “Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant still needs reliable power supply for cooling, despite the fact that six of it The reactors were stopped more than two years ago, ”said Grossy. -The vulnerability of the external energy supply continues to cause deep alarm. ” 60 > ZAES representatives reported that the line was disabled last week due to the operation of the electric protection system. The Ukrainian bodies stated that this happened as a result of military operations of an unidentified nature and that the power line was damaged. Currently, IAEC experts are collecting additional information about the state of reserve power supply. ~ 60 > military operations 62 > 62 > 62 >Another evidence of constant risk for nuclear security was that on February 12, the IAEC group on the ZAES heard an explosion near the object. At the same time, unconfirmed messages about the attack of drones were received about 300 meters from the site. Over the past week, the team continued to hear daily explosions at different distance from the station. About damage to the object is not reported. ~ 60 > IATE maintains contacts with both sides regarding the next rotation of the IAEA personnel on the ZAES after it was postponed last week due to an intense military activity in district. 60 > meanwhile firefighters still extinguish small fires on the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which continue to smolder and spread along the roof of the so-called sarcophagus after it was on February 14 on it. A blow was struck drone. ~ 60 > IAETE group, which was provided on the site, which was provided with unlimited access to study the consequences of the explosion, conducts regular circuits and measurements of radiation for independent monitoring of the situation. The measurements still show the normal values of the gamma radiation. ~ 60 > IATE group at other nuclear power plants of Ukraine-Khmelnitskaya, Rivne and South Ukrainian-over the past week report frequent air anxieties and also receive information about the presence of drones in nearby areas.