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Yuzhnoukrainsk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) disconnected its third reactor from the country's power grid at 06.52 on Oct. 25 to repair the failure, the press service of the national nuclear energy generating company Energoatom reported on Tuesday.

As of Tuesday morning, twelve out of Ukraine’s fifteen nuclear reactors were operating.

Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant reactor one and Zaporizhia NPP reactor five are undergoing scheduled repairs.

Radiation levels and the fire and environmental situations at all Ukrainian nuclear power plants are normal, Energoatom’s press service said.

Energoatom, Ukraine’s nuclear power plant operator, runs the Zaporizhia, Yuzhnoukrainsk, Rivne and Khmelnytsky nuclear power plants, which together run 15 reactors with a total generating capacity of 13,835 megawatts.