Risk of radiation disaster. What is happening on the Zaporizhzhya NPPs captured by Russian troops - the main thing
On August 23, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky declared it. Video of the day of a number of shelling of Zaporizhzhya NPPs, in which they accuse Ukraine, the invaders gradually interrupted four lines of connection of NPPs with the energy network of Ukraine. From the last of the four power lines, Ukraine has twice lost its connection during August 25.
According to Energoatom, the last line of connection with the energy system led to the disconnection of the fires in the Zaporizhzhya TPP, which is located near NPPs. As a result, the last two operating units of the station have disconnected from the network and Energodar remained completely without power supply. ". . .
If diesel generators did not turn on if the automatics and our station staff did not work after the blackout, we would have already been forced to overcome the effects of a radiation accident. . commenting on the non -power grid.
President of the state-owned enterprise Petro Kotin told Radio NV that if all the power lines that connect the station to the energy system are damaged, "the station goes into blackout mode and further a possible scenario with diesel generators, fuel cooling may be problems. " “And if there are problems with fuel cooling, then there may be consequences in the form of radioactive emissions from the station itself. This is a very difficult scenario, in fact we are very close to him.
If we compare with peaceful time, when the station is working, there are four lines, all reserve lines are connected, there is no alarm and everything works normally. Currently, three lines are damaged, it is already nonsense, through one line of issue. We will lose this line through shelling - and there will be trouble, ”Kotin added. He said that the invaders have now seized all the basements at the station and are also in the crisis center - a room for staff in case of emergency situations.
“It is underground, there are two meters of land on the roof of this room, very well protected, so they are there. In addition, they seized another of the same premises in the station and used for the same purposes, ”the President of Energoatom explained. According to him, from this second premises the station staff should manage the liquidation of a freelance situation in the event of its occurrence, but now it is impossible.
“In addition, they seized the dining room # 18, where the staff ate, partially captured the laboratory and household building № 2. Under the aestacades, near special buildings. There are up to 50 pieces of equipment, including BMPs. Three days ago, they brought additional forces, including additional BMPs, additional radar (radar stations) and live power. All this was driven to the territory of the nuclear power plant, ”Kotin said.
Also, he said, the invaders were replaced by a coastline where the station connects with the Kakhovka reservoir. “As for the power units themselves, so, the stay of heavy equipment in the power units, in the repair area of the Mashzals, in the back of these mashzals is, 14 cars they were pushed on the first power unit, where all access by these trucks is completely blocked. Of course, they are loaded, and what we do not know.
Most likely, there is a weapon, an explosive, everything is in those trucks. If there is a casual detonation, there will be a big fire and it will not be possible to extinguish it, because our fire crews will not be able to approach there, because they themselves blocked the entrances of these cars, which stand there. Firefighters will not be able to get into the fire center in order to extinguish it, ”Kotin explained.
According to him, if the pumps supplying water to fail due to a fire will not cool nuclear fuel, the melting of active zones and the release of radioactive substances into the atmosphere will begin. Energoatom President emphasized that there are a lot of nuclear power plants at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and a potential catastrophe on it may be ten times exceeding Chernobyl.
At 8:00 pm on August 25, the IAEA reported that Ukraine was at least twice a day lost with a single remaining operating line, but now it is working again. All six power units remained disconnected from the network at that time. Zaporizhzhya NPPs again managed to connect to the network and restore electricity production on August 26 at 14:04. NEC Ukrenergo reported that it "has taken all the necessary measures to restore the main network that provides the work of the Zaporozhye NPP.
In particular, the work of two damaged lines damaged by Roshars, which now reliably heal their own needs of the Zaporozhye NPP. " The company added that in the near future repair crews of Ukrenergo will be able to complete the restoration of another trunk line, which will increase the safety of the power plant.
For its part, the occupying "administration" of part of the Zaporizhzhya region in the person of the collaborator Vladimir Rogov stated that the territory controlled by the Ukrainian authorities no longer receive energy from the ZPP. Rogov stated that the energy from the ZPP was only in the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions.
On the day of disconnection of the Bloomberg units from the network, the Bloomberg, with reference to its sources, reported that the mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the Zaporozhye NPP may take place by September 5, and inspectors will have more authority than it was initially expected.
According to Bloomberg, at first IAEA representatives wanted to visit a station temporarily captured by Russian invaders, only to make sure that the stocks of the enriched uranium remained intact. The fact that the mission will include safety experts means that the IAEA will be able to examine the shelling of the NPP, which can be held accountable to the perpetrators.
However, on August 26, the British edition of The Telegraph reported that Russia's special services were torturing the occupied Zaporizhzhya NPP to make them tell nothing about the UN inspectors about the risks of security at the station. People who work at the station or were able to escape during the occupation, told reporters that the station had an atmosphere of fear, and their colleagues were repeatedly arrested.