MELITOPOL, March 9. /TASS/. Ukraine’s cutting the Zaporozhye nuke power plant off its electricity posed no security threat to Energodar, the nuclear facility reported on its Telegram channel on Thursday, adding that the background radiation around it was normal.
Earlier on Thursday, Vladimir Rogov, who heads the We Are Together with Russia public movement, told TASS that Ukraine had stopped supplying electricity to the ZNPP which he said was now working off diesel generators.
"[The NPP] is facing no security threat," the press service said in a statement. The background radiation at the plant and in the area around it was normal, it added.
The Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, located in the city of Energodar, has the capacity of about 6 GW and is Europe’s largest. It has been controlled by Russian troops since the end of February 2022. Since then, Ukrainian army units sometimes have been sporadically shelling both the residential areas of Energodar and the nuclear power plant zone, using drones, heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems.
In early September, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s mission led by Director General Rafael Grossi visited the Zaporozhye plant. After it left the facility, several IAEA employees stayed behind as observers. Later, the agency published a report calling for the creation of a safety and security zone around the nuclear station to prevent emergency situations due to the hostilities. Last October, the first rotation of IAEA experts took place at the ZNPP.