“Zaporizhzhya NPP has been in no power from the Ukrainian power system for six days, which poses a serious threat to nuclear and radiation security”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Ignoring the invaders of the requirements and principles of nuclear and radiation safety, shelling by Russian troops of power lines and their damage, creating obstacles to the restoration of Ukrainian specialists of these lines – all these actions may well lead to the development of events in the worst scenario,” Korikov said.
According to him, it is unknown now what reserves of diesel fuel on the OPP industry, and how long diesel generators can work to provide the operation of safety systems and safety systems – first of all, it is about the work of cooling systems of irradiated nuclear fuel, which is in all six reaches and inhandments.
“If the invaders do not create the appropriate conditions for the restoration of the NPP with the Ukrainian energy system, and diesel fuel at the industrial site is over, it is likely to develop an emergency situation that will have radiation consequences not only for Ukraine but also for European countries,” Korikov added.
Energoatom announced the tenth Blackout at the occupied Russian Federation of Zaporizhzhia NPP – on September 23, at 16:56, the last power line was disconnected, through which the NPP received power from the Ukrainian power system.
The IAEA representatives at the ZPP confirmed that emergency diesel generators started working to provide the station with electricity.
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Zaporizhzhya NPP is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Russian troops occupied the city of Energodar and located near him Zaporizhzhya NPP in early March 2022.
The territory of the station periodically undergoes shelling in which Ukraine and Russia are accused of each other. The Ukrainian side from time to time states that the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant is on the verge of Blacka through Russian shelling and as a result of damage to power lines.
Kyiv also stated that the Russian army was used by the NPP to store military equipment and dislocation of its servicemen.