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Moving Zaporozhye plant staff to Russian jurisdiction going smoothly, authorities say

The authorities also pointed out that on November 25, Russia’s nuclear power plant operator Rosenergoatom had announced plans to create a backup power supply source for the nuclear plant

MELITOPOL, November 28. /TASS/. Efforts to bring the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant’s personnel under Russia’s jurisdiction are going according to plan, the military-civilian administration of the facility’s host city of Energodar said in a statement on Monday.

"The work to move the staff from the jurisdiction of the NNEGC (Ukraine’s National Nuclear Energy Generating Company - TASS) to the jurisdiction of the Zaporozhye NPP Operating Organization is going according to plan. The workers, including the operational personnel, have signed labor agreements with their new employer. Promsvyazbank’s ATM cards are being issued to staff to pay them their salaries, which are higher than what the NNEGC used to give them. Meanwhile, Energodar residents, including Zaporozhye NPP’s workers, are receiving Russian passports," the statement reads.

"Kiev-controlled media outlets have been actively spreading fake reports recently that Russia allegedly plans to pull out of Energodar and leave the Zaporozhye NPP. These reports are untrue," the city’s military-civilian administration stressed.

The authorities also pointed out that on November 25, Russia’s nuclear power plant operator Rosenergoatom had announced plans to create a backup power supply source for the nuclear plant.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported earlier that the Ukrainian military had resumed shelling attacks on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant after a two-month pause. According to the ministry, Ukrainian forces fired 25 munitions at the facility on November 19-20, with one of them hitting the roof of Special Building No. 2, where nuclear fuel is stored. The Zaporozhye station is Europe’s largest operating nuclear power plant. Russia took control of the facility on February 28, in the first days of its special military operation in Ukraine.