KIEV, Dec. 5 - Zaporizhia nuclear power plant started to bring its reactor unit up to a minimum controllable power level at 04:27 Kiev time on Friday, state-run EnergoAtom nuclear power company said.

The reactor unit will be connected to the power grid before 23:00 Kiev time on the same day in accordance with the maintenance schedule.

The automatic protection system disconnected the third reactor unit of the Zaporizhia NPP at 19:24 Kiev time on November 28 due to damage caused to the coil connecting the house load transformer and unit transformer breakers. The automatic protection system responded in strict compliance with the protocol.