For the last three days, the 6th power unit has been working, providing only ZNPP’s own needs at a critically low power level.
On Sunday, September 11, at 03:41, the 6th power unit of ZNPP was disconnected from the power grid. Preparations are underway for its cooling and transfer to a cold state. Energoatom reports.
It was noted that for the last three days, the 6th power unit has been operating in island mode, providing only for its own needs at a critically low power level, since all communication lines of the Zaporizhzhya NPP that there energy system of Ukraine is broken. because of Russia’s shelling.
“On September 10, at night, after the resumption of operability of one of these communication lines, it became possible to supply electricity for ZNPP’s own needs from the energy system of Ukraine. Therefore, it was decided to turn off the power unit No. 6 and move it to the safest state – a cold shutdown. energy system, whose risk remains high, ZNPP’s own needs will be powered by diesel generators, the service life of which is limited by technological resources and quantity of diesel fuel,” the report said.
It will be recalled that on August 7, the IAEA published a report on the visit to the ZNPP. It confirms that Russia has deployed “military personnel, vehicles and equipment to various locations at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, including several military trucks on the first floor of the turbine halls in Units 1 and 2.”
The media reported that the IAEA’s draft resolution on the results of the mission’s visit to the Zaporizhzhya NPP calls on Russia to stop all activities at nuclear facilities in Ukraine.
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Source: korrespondent
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