The Atucha nuclear power plant is located on the right bank of the Parana de las Palmas River in the city of Lima, 100 kilometers from the city of Buenos Aires.
About 20 million people in Argentina lost electricity due to the accident at the Atucha nuclear power plant and fires in the surrounding area. Power was lost from 40% of consumers in Buenos Aires and several provinces. On Wednesday, March 1, La Nacion reports.
The failure occurred as a result of an accident on a high voltage power line. The cause of the accident was a fire in the vicinity.
The state company Nucleoelectrica, which is responsible for operating the nuclear power plant, confirmed that it was not operating due to “network problems.”
The nuclear power plant will be able to resume its work no earlier than 48 hours. So far, electricity in the country has dropped by 10,000 MW. It usually reaches 25,000 MW, the organization specified.
The country’s Ministry of Energy confirmed that “several failures have been recorded in the energy system.” The department clarified that they are investigating the causes and are working on troubleshooting.
Recall that in the Podolsky district of the capital, a business recently burned down.
And on February 9, an explosion occurred in the Darnitsky district of Kyiv on the territory of a former factory, killing two people.
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