Likhachev called the difficult situation at the Zaporozhye NPP and Energodar

The head of the state corporation Rosatom Alexei Likhachev called the difficult situation in Energodar and at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP). He said the situation had escalated since May. Since then, there have been 8,000 UAV strikes, 30 rocket attacks on the city's infrastructure and about 1,100 artillery attacks. The attacks killed 21 people, including six ZNPP workers and three transport workers.

“We met with the staff, the guys came to Moscow, and our colleagues were there.” The city asked to convey: “We hold on, everything will be done in the future for the safe condition of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.” But the main dream of Zaporozhye nuclear engineers is to "raise" the station "in capacity". We will do everything to make the station work, the head of Rosatom said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Zaporizhia NPP is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. It stopped power generation on September 11, 2022. All reactors are in cold shutdown mode. The station has been powered by backup diesel generators since late August. The head of Rosatom said that fuel consumption was minimized, but “this cannot last forever”, and urged to restore power supply as soon as possible.