A Ukrainian nuclear power plant is currently undergoing repairs following a short circuit that disrupted power last Friday. The plant is in Zaporizhzhya, a city in a southeastern part of the country that is not rebel-occupied. It is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn told Reuters, “There is no threat…there are no problems with the reactors.”
Reuters reports that the accident caused a “slight impact on Ukraine’s energy system.” The minister has asked major energy users to “voluntar[ily] restrict” consumption. “We will try to do our best to smoothen the schedule of energy use,” he added.
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Source: Newsweek
