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Another accident in the Ukrainian nuclear power plant disconnected unit in Zaporozhye

Очередная авария на украинских АЭС — отключен энергоблок в Запорожье

The reason for stopping the depressurization of the gas system of the turbogenerator. About it reports a press-service of the plant.

“02 may, 2016 in 13 hours 22 minutes № 4 unit of Zaporizhzhya NPP disconnected from the network on request to eliminate leakage of a gas turbine generator system. The repair will last up to 22 hours 05 may 2016”, – stated in the message.

At the moment at Zaporozhye NPP there are only 2 of the six (!) units that produce only a quarter of its former power, the other 4 are in a state of permanent repair.

As already reported, “Russian Spring”, due to the transition to American standards and fuel nuclear power of Ukraine is in very difficult conditions, threatening a repeat of the tragedy similar to Chernobyl.

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