“Nessun terrorista nel mondo ha mai permesso loro di fare con una pianta nucleare ciò che la Russia sta facendo ora allo Zaporizhzhia NPP” – Zelenskyi

The temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been cut off from Ukraine’s power grid for seven days. The plant is being powered by backup diesel generators, one of which has already failed. The situation at the plant is critical.

>“For the seventh day now – and by the way, this has never happened before-  there has been an emergency situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. The situation is critical. Due to russian shelling, the plant is disconnected from power, from the electrical grid. It is being supplied by diesel generators. This is not normal. The generators and the plant were not designed for this, have never worked in this mode and for this long, and we already have information that one of the generators has failed. It is the russians who, through their shelling, prevent the repair of power lines to the plant and the restoration of basic safety. And this is a threat to absolutely everyone.”

>“No terrorist in the world has ever allowed themlselves to do with a nuclear plant what russia is doing now. And it’s right that the world must not remain silent.”

**What is known about the blackout at ZNPP**

On September 23, the temporarily occupied ZNPP suffered its tenth blackout since the beginning of the occupation.

According to nuclear energy expert Olha Kosharna, the disconnection of the last power line to the Zaporizhzhia NPP occurred against the backdrop of russia’s plans to connect the plant to its own power system.

Research based on satellite images by the international organization *Greenpeace Ukraine* on September 27 concluded that the loss of the last power line at the temporarily occupied ZNPP on September 23 was caused by deliberate sabotage by russian forces.

The head of Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Agency, Oleh Korikov, said that the occupiers’ disregard for nuclear safety requirements and their shelling of power lines could lead to the worst-case scenario, since the stock of diesel fuel for the generators is unknown.

**What is known about the situation at the Zaporizhzhia NPP**

ZNPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, has been occupied by Russian forces since March 4, 2022. russia has stationed military equipment and ammunition at the site. They also shell the plant itself, destroying power lines, causing shutdowns of power units, and blaming Ukraine’s Armed Forces.

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I have a sick feeling that if Russia has to pull out of Ukraine they are gonna do something fucked with this power plant out of spite. Even if its just some fucked in the head commander or local group of troops just running wild gone rouge.

I am getting the feeling that Ruzzia is waiting for the wind to blow in the right direction and then let the thing get a meltdown. Then blame Ukraine and NATO for it to happen.

This is not a technical malfunction. This is the first armed occupation of a nuclear power plant in history. And it is again running on an emergency diesel engine.

The IAEA was created to prevent the very scenario of occupation and militarization of nuclear facilities.
If it cannot stop the armed operation of a captured nuclear power plant, it simply does not work.

The IAEA only records the facts after the fact and calls it a mission.

A situation where one country keeps a nuclear plant under the control of the military, while others are afraid to take action, is not neutrality. It is blackmail.

There is no “technical neutrality” during an armed occupation.

When the army controls the data, any monitoring is a fiction.

Monitoring a reactor that you do not have access to is not control. It is observation of the loss of control.

When the international system depends on the consent of the aggressor, it is its hostage.

Russia controls not only the plant, but also the data, the switches. Ukraine does not control anything.

Right now, Russia is using the nuclear power plant as a military base and as protection. This is a violation of international humanitarian law, in particular Article 56 of the Geneva Convention.)

From the territory of the Zaporizhzhia NPP, Nikopol, Marganets, Orekhov are being shelled. This is not an assumption. This is a documented practice.

The Zaporizhzhia NPP is not just a facility under control. It is a platform for attacks, which is simultaneously covered by the status of a nuclear facility.

The Zaporizhzhia NPP is a military platform.

The IAEA should not monitor military facilities. But now it actually does. Without a direct mandate, without control, without influence.

There has been a radical erosion of the principle of civil protection, on which the entire post-war nuclear era was based.

This is not Chornobyl. Chornobyl was an accident. Zaporizhzhia NPP is a Russian strategy.