More than 200 cubic meters of water per hour can now be supplied to the ponds that cool the six ZNPP reactors and spend nuclear fuel.
At the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, drilling of wells has been completed, which can now provide additional water for cooling shutdown reactors. The IAEA reported this yesterday.
According to the director of the organization, Mariano Grossi, the drilling of 10 wells at the Zaporizhia NPP has been completed. Groundwater must cool the shutdown reactors of the plant after the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station in June of this year.
“More than 200 cubic meters of water can now be supplied to the ponds that cool the six ZNPP reactors and spent nuclear fuel,” the statement said.
It is also planned to drill another well at the site. The additional well will provide approximately 250 cubic meters of water per hour to maintain cooling of the reactors and spent nuclear fuel pools in the current state of shutdown.
It was noted that the Zaporizhia NPP cooling pond remains unscathed. It contains a large volume of water, which can provide cooling to the shutdown reactors at the Zaporozhye NPP for months.
In addition, during a tour of Zaporizhia NPP, IAEA experts visited the main control panels of power units No. 2, 5 and 6, where they found that power units No. 2 and 5 remained in a “cold” state of closure, and The power unit No. 6 remained in the “hot” shutdown state.
“The team did not find any heavy weapons during the walk, but confirmed that the mines previously reported remain in place,” the report said.
The IAEA is also concerned about the station’s staffing levels, as the Zaporizhia NPP has left a large number of personnel, including licensed operators from the main control rooms, since the start of the war.
Earlier, the partisan movement ATESH reported that an accident occurred at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant due to the actions of Russian aggressors.
It was also found that 822 Ukrainian nuclear workers remain employed at the Zaporizhia NPP, and another 2,083 plant workers are not allowed to work.
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