Ukraine has announced that the last reactor at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant has been shut down

Ukraine said on Sunday that the sixth and final reactor at the Russian-controlled Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in the south of the country was no longer producing electricity.

“Today, September 11, 2022, during the night, at 03:41 (0141 GMT) the NPP unit #6 was disconnected from the power grid. Preparations are underway for its cooling and transfer to a cold state,” the state nuclear agency Energoatom said in a statement.

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