Zaporozhye NPP continues to operate and produce electricity with the risk of violating radiation and fire safety standards.
Energoatom noted that periodic shelling of the ZNPP territory poses serious risks to the safety of the plant.
As of 08:00 on August 22, 2022 fire safety. Periodic shelling of the Zaporizhzhya NPP by Russian troops from the MLRS resulted in a serious risk for the safe operation of the station, the report says. li>On August 5, as a result of an attack by the Russian military on the Zaporizhzhya NPP, emergency protection worked at one of the power units – and one of the three operating power units is now disabled.
During the shelling, the nitrogen-oxygen station was seriously damaged, the auxiliary building was combined . There are still risks of hydrogen leakage and dispersion of radioactive substances, and the fire danger is high.
- On August 6, due to the shelling of the ZNPP invaders, three radiation monitoring sensors around the site of the ZNPP storage facilities were damaged.
- On August 11, the occupiers fired on a fire station located outside the ZNPP territory and designed to protect it from fires and extinguish them in case of emergencies at the station.
- On August 13, an open switchgear of 750 kV (GRP) was also damaged -750).
- And on August 20, as a result of shelling, one of the transitional galleries was damaged, through which personnel go from special buildings to power units (overpass), windows were broken in the building.
< p class="bloquote cke-markup"> The plant personnel continue to work and make every effort to ensure nuclear and radiation safety, as well as to eliminate the consequences of damage, Energoatom emphasizes.
Reference. ZNPP is still occupied and controlled by the Russian military. Given that the actions of the invaders cannot be foreseen, the threat to the physical security of the station remains. Currently, the Zaporozhye NPP continues to operate and produce electricity.
