Saturday, 3 October 2026

The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant is weighing a further cut to the number of emergency diesel generators kept in automatic standby, as diesel fuel supplies at the site remain a concern, according to the IAEA.

Diesel reserves at the plant are low after it leaned on its emergency diesel generators for nearly three weeks during an extended loss of off-site power in August and September, the IAEA said. Efforts to rebuild those reserves have been hampered by military activity in the area.

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said prompt fuel delivery would have a large positive impact on nuclear safety at the site. "I call on all sides to work with the IAEA to achieve this goal," Grossi said.

The Saskatchewan Party government said it will build two nuclear reactors in northwestern Saskatchewan, with the first expected to come online by 2042.

The provincial government set a goal of 2,600 MW of nuclear generation on Saskatchewan's grid by 2050, enough to power about 2.6 million homes.

SaskPower selected a site at Rafferty Reservoir near Estevan for further study as the potential home of the province's first small modular reactor (SMR), a plan the city is welcoming, according to CTV News.