Ukraine: main power line restored at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, IAEA says

Although the reactors at Europe's biggest nuclear power plant have been shut down, the fuel in them still needs cooling to avoid a meltdown

One of the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant's four main power lines has been repaired and is supplying the plant with electricity from the Ukrainian grid two weeks after it went down, the UN nuclear watchdog has said.

Even though the six reactors at Zaporizhzhia, Europe's biggest nuclear power plant, have been shut down, the fuel in them still needs cooling to avoid a potentially catastrophic meltdown. The plant therefore needs electricity to pump water through the reactors' core.