The journalists' interlocutors said that the IAEA is pushing Ukraine and Russia to agree on a local ceasefire so that the external power supply to the Zaporizhia NPP can be restored. The station has been operating on diesel generators since September 23.
The agency proposes to restore the ZNPP power plant in two stages.
The first stage is to establish a ceasefire zone with a radius of 1.5 km to repair the 750 kV power transmission line located in the occupied territory.
At the second stage – to create a ceasefire zone for the repair of a reserve power transmission line with a voltage of 330 kV, which is located on the territory controlled by the Ukrainian authorities.
The IAEA plan calls for its representatives to be present at the repair site and monitor it.
An Associated Press source claims that initially they wanted to carry out the repair work from October 11 to the 17th, but this did not happen because the Ukrainian side gave security guarantees for the repair teams, but Russia did not.
An unnamed Russian diplomat told the AP that “preparations for repairs are already underway and could begin very soon.”
On October 9, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported, citing its director general Rafael Grossi, that the nuclear power plant has begun the process of restarting external power supply. However, as of October 14, the blackout at the station continues.
