Ukraine nuclear power plant expert “Russian vehicles inside power plant interfere with fire suppression”
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Sang-Hyun Park = A nuclear power expert in Ukraine warned that Russia’s attempt to replace the power grid at the Zaporiza nuclear power plant could lead to catastrophe due to problems with the cooling system, etc.
Petro Kotin, president of Energoatom, Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear power plant, which manages the Zaporiza nuclear power plant, told The Guardian on the 24th (local time), on the occasion of Ukraine’s independence day and six months of the war, “Russia is connected to Ukraine’s Zaporiza nuclear power grid. I made a plan to cut off the internet and connect to my own country,” he said.
The Zaporiza nuclear power plant, the largest single facility in Europe, was occupied by Russian forces in early March, shortly after the outbreak of the Ukraine war. Two of the six reactors are in operation, and about 9,000 Ukrainian workers are in charge of the operation.
Since the Japoriza nuclear power plant has been bombarded in succession since this month, concerns have been raised that the Chernobyl disaster, known as the worst nuclear accident, could be repeated.
“Replacing the grid is not the same as turning a switch off and on,” Cortin said.
“Russian plans could cause serious damage to all facilities of the Zaporiza nuclear power plant connected to the Ukrainian system,” he said.
“The power connection situation at the Zaporiza nuclear power plant is already very bad,” he said. “, he added.
Cortin also pointed out that Russian military vehicles placed inside the turbine hall around the reactor and under the road connecting the reactors could become an obstacle to firefighting activities in the event of a fire.
“I heard that there are 14 trucks in one turbine hall and at least six in the other turbine hall,” he said.
“If the fire from the turbine hall spreads to the reactor building, the nuclear power plant and Ukraine, as well as the world, could be in a dangerous state,” he said.
In addition to the nuclear reactor and turbine halls, the spent fuel storage facility is also a disaster-causing facility. A missile recently fell about 20 meters away from this facility.
“We expect that the inspection team will visit the Zaporiza nuclear power plant within one to two weeks,” Cortin said. said
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