Ukrainian nuclear power plant switches to emergency generators

A Russian serviceman guards part of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station (AP)

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant spent hours operating on emergency diesel generators after losing its external power supply for the seventh time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog said.

“The nuclear safety situation at the plant (is) extremely vulnerable,” Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said in a tweet.