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ENERGO: Energoatom claims Russia is at-
AfrElec: Eskom’s debt deal requires bringing gas, tempting to connect Zaporizhzhia NPP to oc-
nuclear power into energy mix cupied territories
South Africa’s Finance Minister Enoch Godong- Energoatom, Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear
wana said that the government’s commitment to operator, warned that Russian troops will soon
take on between a third and two-thirds of the try to connect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear pow-
struggling state power utility Eskom’s ZAR400bn er plant (ZNPP) to the occupied territories,
($22bn) debt will come with conditions. Some Ukraine Business News reported on November
of the conditions, according to the minister, 4. The ZNPP went into full blackout mode af-
include bringing “old reliable technologies” like ter Russian shelling on November 2 damaged
gas and nuclear power into South Africa’s energy the last two high-voltage communication lines,
mix, News24 reports. forcing the plant to run on 20 diesel engines
that have enough fuel for 15 days, the Kyiv In-
dependent reported.

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