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The shelling has destroyed the power infrastructure feeding the city, where staff operating the plant live, causing a complete blackout that also threatens the nuclear facility.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rafael Mariano Grossi, the IAEA Director General, said given the increased and continued shelling, there is little likelihood of re-establishing reliable offsite power to the plant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018An unsustainable situation\u2019\u00a0<\/h2>\n
As a result, Ukraine is considering shutting down the plant\u2019s only remaining operating reactor. The entire plant would then be fully reliant on emergency diesel generators for ensuring vital nuclear safety and security functions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an unsustainable situation and is becoming increasingly precarious<\/strong>,\u201d said Mr. Grossi.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cEnerhodar has gone dark. The power plant has no offsite power. And we have seen that once infrastructure is repaired, it is damaged once again. This is completely unacceptable<\/strong>. It cannot stand.\u201d<\/p>\nEstablish safety zone\u00a0<\/h2>\n
The IAEA chief said he learned about the situation from his experts deployed at the plant, which has been under Russian control since the early days of the war.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He added that the increasingly dire circumstances in Enerhodar also mean \u201cthere is the significant risk of an impact on the availability of essential staff on site to continue to safely and securely operate ZNPP.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Grossi called for an immediate end to all shelling<\/strong> in the entire area.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cThis dramatic development demonstrates the absolute imperative to establish a nuclear safety and security protection zone now<\/strong>. This is the only way to ensure that we do not face a nuclear accident,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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