Ukraine's energy minister has admitted that a technical problem at a nuclear power plant in the south of country has cut power production from the facility.
However, Volodymr Demchishin insists the glitch poses no danger to the reactor itself.
"We know that society is worrying about the accident at the Zaporozhiya nuclear plant. The truth is that there is no danger, and this has happened a long time ago, at the end of previous week. There was a short circuit in the system of energy output, so only the third block of the nuclear plant is not functioning. "
The company operating the reactor expects to turn it back on by tomorrow.
Regular electricity output is expected to be restored through the weekend.
Concerns about the state of the reactor went national after Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk referred to the incident during a Cabinet meeting this week.
Anxieties over nuclear safety run high in Ukraine, which continues to struggle with the legacy of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986.
