Russian Missile Attack... "All Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plants, Including Zaporizhzhia, Cut Off External Power"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Min-young] The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) revealed that not only the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which had raised significant safety concerns due to recent missile attacks by Russian forces across Ukraine, but all nuclear power plants in Ukraine have been disconnected from the external power grid.

On the 23rd (local time), Rafael Grossi, IAEA Director General, stated that all four Ukrainian nuclear power plants?Zaporizhzhia, Rivne, South Ukraine, and Khmelnytskyi?have been cut off from the external power grid, resulting in an unprecedented situation where they are being powered by emergency diesel generators.

Director General Grossi emphasized, "Physical integrity and stable access to external power are key elements of nuclear safety," urging an immediate halt to airstrikes on nuclear facilities.

Since early October, Russia has been striking Ukraine's energy infrastructure almost weekly. If nuclear power plants do not receive power for their cooling systems, reactor overheating can cause core meltdown, where nuclear fuel rod bundles melt, potentially leading to a serious accident involving the release of radioactive materials.

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