Ukraine Restores Power to Russia-Occupied Nuclear Plant

Ukraine Restores Power to Russia-Occupied Nuclear Plant
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on March 29, 2023. Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
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KYIV—Ukraine reconnected the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to its external power supply on Monday after a brief outage that had left it reliant on emergency generators.

Back-up diesel generators had earlier kicked in at the plant in southern Ukraine to ensure nuclear fuel was kept cool and prevent a potential disaster.