Vienna, March 15 : The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was informed by Ukraine about a damaged power line at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), however, the external power supply has been restored, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said on Tuesday. “Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today that efforts were continuing to resume external electricity supplies to the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), a day after Ukrainian specialist teams repaired one of two damaged power lines connecting the site to the grid, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said,” the IAEA said in a statement here. It said diesel generators have been providing back-up electricity to the site of the 1986 disaster since it lost all off-site power on March 9. “Ukraine said on 13 March that its specialists had fixed one of the power lines and that the NPP would be reconnected to the Ukrainian electricity network the following morning. However, Ukraine’s transmission system operator, Ukrenergo, earlier today said the line had again been damaged “by the occupying forces” before power had been fully restored to the NPP. Later in the day, the regulatory authority told the IAEA that at 13:10 CET external power had again been restored and that staff at the Chornobyl NPP had restarted operations to reconnect the NPP to the grid,” the IAEA said. According to the statement, the IAEA requested information from Ukraine after reports about ongoing work to detect and dispose of unexploded m tions on the Zaporizhzhia NPP’s territory. “The IAEA is aware of reports that Russian forces have carried out m tion explosions at the site of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, and it is seeking information about the situation from Ukraine. The regulator had previously informed the Agency about ongoing work to detect and dispose of unexploded m tions found at the damaged training centre and elsewhere at the NPP following events on 4 March, when Russian forces took control of the site,” it said. /SPUTNIK VP SHK1830