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The external power supply of the Zaporozhye NPP occupied by Russia has been disconnected for more than three days
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About it reports The Guardian with reference to IAEA and Ukrainian officials.
Emergency generators are used to power cooling and safety systems after the latter transmission line to the station was disconnected from the Russian side at 16:56 on Tuesday on September 23.
According to the report, Western experts and Ukrainian officials are afraid that the Kremlin is creating a crisis to strengthen its control over the station that is the largest in Europe and that Russia is taking risky measures to start at least one reactor, despite military conditions.
“Russia uses a nuclear power plant as a trump card in negotiations,” one of the Ukrainian government officials said.
Stress tests conducted by European regulatory bodies after a disaster at the Fukushima Japanese NPP in 2011 showed that the nuclear power plant should be able to operate without external power supply for 72 hours. According to Ukrainian sources, the excess of this term was not tested.
The IAEA stated that Russian operators reported that diesel fuel would be enough to work for generators within 20 days without replenishing. However, the Grossi Director said that the loss of external power supply “increases the likelihood of a nuclear accident”.
Seven of 18 available generators provide cooling on the spot, but according to Ukrainian sources, if they fail, there is a risk that nuclear fuel in six reactors will be heated uncontrollably for a few weeks, which will lead to melting.
The accelerated version of this scenario happened in Fukushima as the reactors just started working. Japan struck an earthquake of magnitude 9.0, and the hot reactors at the object were automatically stopped.
Recall:
September 23 at 16:56 was disabled The only power transmission line through which Zaporizhzhya NPP received power from the Ukrainian power system. This blackout became the tenth during the occupation of NPPs by the Russians.
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The external power supply of the Zaporozhye NPP occupied by Russia has been disconnected for more than three days
Getty Images
About it reports The Guardian with reference to IAEA and Ukrainian officials.
Emergency generators are used to power cooling and safety systems after the latter transmission line to the station was disconnected from the Russian side at 16:56 on Tuesday on September 23.
According to the report, Western experts and Ukrainian officials are afraid that the Kremlin is creating a crisis to strengthen its control over the station that is the largest in Europe and that Russia is taking risky measures to start at least one reactor, despite military conditions.
“Russia uses a nuclear power plant as a trump card in negotiations,” one of the Ukrainian government officials said.
Stress tests conducted by European regulatory bodies after a disaster at the Fukushima Japanese NPP in 2011 showed that the nuclear power plant should be able to operate without external power supply for 72 hours. According to Ukrainian sources, the excess of this term was not tested.
The IAEA stated that Russian operators reported that diesel fuel would be enough to work for generators within 20 days without replenishing. However, the Grossi Director said that the loss of external power supply “increases the likelihood of a nuclear accident”.
Seven of 18 available generators provide cooling on the spot, but according to Ukrainian sources, if they fail, there is a risk that nuclear fuel in six reactors will be heated uncontrollably for a few weeks, which will lead to melting.
The accelerated version of this scenario happened in Fukushima as the reactors just started working. Japan struck an earthquake of magnitude 9.0, and the hot reactors at the object were automatically stopped.
Recall:
September 23 at 16:56 was disabled The only power transmission line through which Zaporizhzhya NPP received power from the Ukrainian power system. This blackout became the tenth during the occupation of NPPs by the Russians.