The United Kingdom reaffirms its support for the IAEA’s work in Ukraine, over a reporting period that has seen an alarming number of incidents that threaten the nuclear safety of Ukraine’s Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs).

The DG’s report highlights a number of concerning nuclear safety incidents:

On 1 October off-site power was lost at the Chornobyl site due to a strike on the Slavutych substation. This caused a blackout to the New Safe Confinement for three hours.

On 30 October, IAEA teams reported the disconnection of an off-site power line at Khmelnytskyi and South Ukraine NPPs, due to military activity.

On 8 November, IAEA teams reported the disconnection of one off-site power line at Khmelnytskyi and Rivne Nuclear Power Plants respectively, again due to military strikes.

That same da

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