Grossi has spent weeks pushing for the establishment of a “nuclear safety and security protection zone” around the plant. All six reactors at the site are shut down but they still require electricity for cooling and other safety functions. The plant has been held by Russian forces for months, but operated by Ukrainian employees. IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi tweeted that the reconnection was “a temporary relief in a still-untenable situation.” That enabled the plant to start switching off the generators that had kicked in to provide it with power after the line - its last connection to the grid - was cut early Saturday. The International Atomic Energy Agency said the 750-kilovolt line was reconnected to the plant on Sunday evening following repair work by Ukrainian engineers. BERLIN (AP) - An external power line to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant - the biggest in Europe - was repaired on Sunday after shelling disconnected the facility from the grid and forced it to resort to emergency diesel generators, the U.N.
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