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Even the presence at the IAEA inspectors station is not stopped from the strokes...

Zaporizhzhya NPPs came under fire for troops of the Russian Federation: the equipment of the unit was damaged

Even the presence at the IAEA inspectors station is not stopped from the strokes of the NPP, noted in Energoatom. On Wednesday, September 21, 2022, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired the territory of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in a temporarily occupied energy, resulting in damaged equipment of the unit # 6. This was reported by the press service of Energoatom.

According to representatives of the enterprise, the shelling was carried out by troops of the Russian Federation at 01:13 for Kiev. The attack provoked damage to the power unit of the power unit with an open distribution device. As a result, the block transformer and transformers that provide the needs of the unit. "Due to the loss of power, there was an emergency launch of two diesel generators of safety systems to ensure the operation of fuel cooling pumps," the company stated.

"Energoatom" noted that at 02:00 the staff of the NPP set up power to the power unit from the system of tires of other power units of the station, and the diesel generators of the 6th power unit were disconnected and transferred to duty mode. "The Rashists continue to carry out the acts of nuclear terrorism at nuclear stations of Ukraine. They are not even stopped by the presence of IAEA inspectors at the Zaporizhzhya NPP," the statement reads.

Energoatom called on the International Atomic Energy Agency for decisive action to terminate the Russian Federation on nuclear facilities, to assist with the release of the station from the Russian Armed Forces and to ensure security around the NPP of Ukraine. Earlier, nuclear security expert Paul Dorfman stated that in the event of an accident at the Zaporizhzhya NPP, the territory of Ukraine, some regions of Russia and Central Europe will risk radioactive infection.