IAEA: All reactors at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant put into state of cold shutdown
All six reactors at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) have reached a state of cold shutdown for the first time since October 2022, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a news release on April 13. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi welcomed the cold shutdown that began early on Friday morning, statingthat the cold shutdown "enhances the overall safety of the facility." A cold shutdown creates an extra safety buffer allowing more time before nuclear fuel cooling might become compromised in the event of a nuclear accident. While in cold shutdown a reactor would need l...