The cause of the damage to the power line serving Chernobyl was not immediately clear, but it comes amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The site has been under control of Russian troops since last week.
That raised alarm about the plant's ability to keep its nuclear fuel safely cool, though the U.N. nuclear watchdog said it saw"no critical impact on safety" from the power cut.
The Vienna-based U.N. nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that Ukraine had informed it of the loss of electricity and that the development violates a"key safety pillar on ensuring uninterrupted power supply." But it tweeted that"in this case IAEA sees no critical impact on safety." The IAEA said that there could be"effective heat removal without need for electrical supply" from spent nuclear fuel at the site.
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