Ukrainian atomic plant ‘has two weeks of power left to keep nuclear fuel cool’ after being forced onto backup generators by power cut – as 600,000 people plunged into darkness by Russian strikes

A Ukrainian atomic plant reportedly has two weeks of power left after the country was plunged into darkness following a series of air strikes.

The Russian-controlled energy facility is relying on backup generators for reactor cooling, the plant’s manager and the UN’s nuclear watchdog said on Sunday.

Zaporizhzhia, which produces no ​electricity but needs power supplied by two external links to keep nuclear fuel cool, is believed to have lost its off-site electricity supply after a power line disconnected.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the ’cause of the latest disconnection’ was not yet known, adding the plant currently has enough fuel

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