Chernobyl nuclear power plant is “totally disconnected” from the power grid because of Russia’s offensive, according to the Ukrainian energy company Ukrenergo. Thus, electricity generators that supply the Chernobyl nuclear power plant They have a reserve capacity of about 48 hours. After that time, its cooling systems will stop causing leaks, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister warned on Wednesday, Dymitro Kuleba.
As Kuleba has warned, nuclear fuel storage facility cooling systems spent will stop, making radiation leaks imminent, he notes on his Twitter account.
Kuleba’s message continued with the following warning. “The barbaric war of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin endangers all of Europe. They must stop him immediately!” Thus, the leader urges the international community to urgently demand that Russia cease fire and allow the units of repair restore power supply. This morning the National Power Company Ukrenergowhich runs Chernobyl, said the plant had lost power due to attacks by Russian troops “as a result of hostile actions by the Russian occupiers.”
Is there a risk of radioactive leak?
Sandro Pozzia laSexta journalist, points out that in principle there should be no leak. Thus, the expert explained that the Atomic Energy Agency has specified that some tests were carried out and that the heating of the nuclear power plant’s fuel does not pose a risk due to the lack of water pumping.
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dymitro Kuleba has made it clear on his Twitter account that he is. The Strategic Communications Center of the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy The situation of the Culear station is unknown, since has lost contact with remote data transmission from the Chernobyl security control systems, as noted on Tuesday in his Telegram profile.
For her part, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zajarova, denied information about a possible increase in radiation at the plant, while stressing that operations at the Zaporizhia plant – the largest nuclear power plant in Europe – are also under control. According to the Russian spokeswoman, in statements collected by the Russian news agency TASS, the situation is being resolved “jointly by Russian troops, Ukrainian specialists, the civilian staff of the plant and the National Guard of that country.”
The International Atomic Energy Agency insists on the need for Chernobyl staff to rotate
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has insisted in a press release published on its website of the need to change the staff of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant (NPP). It is a total of 210 technicians and guards who They have been working there since Russian forces took control of the place almost two weeks ago.. The director general Rafael Mariano Grossi assures that it is essential that the personnel who operate the nuclear installations be able to rest and work in regular shifts, as this is something “it is crucial for nuclear safety in general”. “His ability to make decisions without undue pressure is one of the seven indispensable pillars of nuclear security that he outlined at a meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors on March 2, convened to address the nuclear implications of the situation in Ukraine. safety and safeguards,” the statement collects.
Thus, the director general of the entity confessed to being “very concerned about the difficult and stressful situation faced by the staff of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant and the potential risks that this entails for nuclear safety”.
Source: Lasexta
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