Zaporozhye NPP switched to diesel fuel saving mode

Zaporizhzhya NPP has switched to a mode of saving diesel fuel, which is necessary for the operation of diesel generators in the face of loss of external power supply to the station, Evgenia Yashina, director of communications at the nuclear plant, told RIA Novosti.

Earlier, the director of the nuclear power plant, Yuriy Chernichuk, said that the APU was preventing the delivery of fuel for diesel generators necessary to maintain the operation of the Zaporozhye NPP. The fuel supply is decreasing.

“At the moment, our specialists are optimizing the operation of diesel generators in order to consume fuel as economically as possible,” Yashina said.

According to her, the location of the damage to the line, which left the station without external power supply, has not yet been established.

Zaporozhye NPP switched to backup power supply due to the shutdown of the external power supply line on Thursday morning; diesel generators were used, the station’s press service previously reported. They clarified that the high-voltage line 330 kilovolts "Ferrosplavnaya-1" was disconnected from the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant due to damage.