For the seventh time, Russian invaders have put the world’s nuclear and radiation safety at risk, the company asserted.
Another blackout occurred at Zaporozhye NPP due to shelling by the invaders. This was announced on May 22 by the press service of Energoatom.
“As a result of the terrorist attack of the Rashists on May 22, at 5:26, the last high-voltage power line Dneprovskaya 750kV was turned off, where the temporarily occupied Zaporozhye NPP fed its own needs,” the company said.
It is noted that this situation has occurred for the seventh time since the beginning of the occupation of the station on March 4, 2022.
“After the loss of external power, which is important for the operation of the nuclear fuel cooling pump in the spent fuel pools and nuclear reactors of the power units, all diesel generators of the nuclear power plant are automatically turned on. The supply of fuel for them is enough. for ten days. The countdown has started,” the source said. Energoatom.
If it is impossible to continue the external power supply to the nuclear power plant during this period, an accident with radiation effects for the whole world could occur, the company said.
It was earlier reported that the occupiers were planning to “evacuate” the workers of the captured ZNPP.
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