The Ukrainian National Nuclear Energy Corporation announced on the 11th that at 3:41 am local time on the 11th, the No. 6 unit of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was disconnected from the power grid and is currently preparing for its cooling and entering a “cold shutdown” state.
The announcement stated that for the past three days, because the lines between the nuclear power plant and the Ukrainian power system had been damaged by shelling, Unit 6 had been operating at extremely low power levels (114 to 140 megawatts), supplying only the needs of the nuclear power plant itself. electricity.