Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant disconnected from one of two power lines, Russia says

MOSCOW, Jan 3 (Reuters) - One of two high-voltage lines supplying electricity to the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has been disconnected, the Russian management of the station said on Saturday.

The 330-kilovolt (kV) Ferosplavna-1 line was disconnected by a protection system but the plant continued to receive power via the 750 kV Dniprovska line, the management said on the Telegram messaging app.

Radiation levels remained normal, the management said.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on X that it had been informed about the situation and was investigating the cause.

The station, which is not producing electricity but relies on external power to keep nuclear fuel cool, regularly loses power from one or both power lines.

Russian forces seized the nuclear plant, Europe's largest, in the early weeks of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and each side regularly accuses the other of actions endangering safety there.