IAEA Reports Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Lost Off-Site Power Twice in One Week as Total Incidents Reach 24 With Twelve in Past Four Months

Zaporizhzhia lost off-site power twice within the past week, on 1 August and 4 August, both times when the plant's sole remaining external line, the 330kV Ferosplavna-1, disconnected, according to IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi 1. Emergency diesel generators automatically covered reactor cooling and other vital safety systems during both outages, which lasted about two hours and one hour respectively before external power was restored 1Energoatom" data-source="Ukrinform" data-url="https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/4151028-zaporizhzhia-npp-in-blackout-for-about-an-hour-energoatom.html" data-rt="secondary" data-otype="state_media">2. Energoatom said the 4 August event was the plant's 12th blackout of 2026 and the 24th since Russia's occupation began in 2022, meaning half of all occupation-era blackouts have occurred this year 34. The IAEA also reported the plant has decided to raise water levels in the spent fuel pools of all six reactor units, a measure taken because the 750kV Dniprovska main power line has been unavailable since March due to substation damage and diesel resupply to the site faces ongoing difficulty 1.