After that, it will not consume water, which is now enough for the power plant in the cooling pond.
Energoatom President Petr Kotin admitted that the last of the six power units of the occupied Zaporozhye NPP, which is still in a state of hot shutdown, was transferred to a cold state due to a decrease in the water level in the Kakhovka reservoir after the Kakhovskaya The hydroelectric power station was blown up by Russian troops. He said this on the air of the telethon on June 8.
“I think now we will make a decision to transfer the last unit to a cold state, after that we will not really consume this water, which is now enough for the ZNPP in the cooling pond,” he said.
According to Kotin, today the level in the ponds at ZNPP remains the highest – 16.6 m.
“If the blocks work, then there are no additional sources of pond power in this mode, the station can work for 1-1.5 months. After that, you need to transfer the blocks to a cold state, and under this condition there is no water. for a long time, it can be years”, – explained the head of Energoatom.
At the same time, according to him, the situation could become critical if the ponds are lowered. Kotin noted that in any case there are a number of emergency measures that provide for the supply of ZNPP with water. At the same time, he drew attention to the fact that while the station is occupied, Ukraine cannot guarantee compliance with all security measures.
Recall that earlier the IAEA said that the destruction of the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station and the release of water from the Kakhovka reservoir pose a serious threat to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
On the night of June 6, the Russian invaders blew up the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. In the Kherson region, a number of settlements are completely or partially flooded, evacuation is underway. About 16 thousand people on the right bank in the critical zone.
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