Currently, only one power unit is operating at the station, which provides stable power supply to the nuclear facility.
and directly on the site of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant after the emergency protection tripped, one of the two working power units of the plant shut down, Energoatom reported.
“Today, September 1, 2022, at 4:57 a.m., as a result of another mortar shelling by the Russian occupying forces troops of the Zaporizhzhya NPP site activated the emergency protection and shut down the operating 5th power unit,” the energy regulator reported.
Also, as a result of shelling, the 330 kV reserve power supply line of the ZNPP's own needs was damaged. As a result, in the transition mode, the non-working power unit No. 2 was de-energized with the start-up of diesel generators.
“This is the second time in the last 10 days that the criminal actions of Rashists led to the shutdown of the unit and de-energization of the station,” the company emphasized.
The last working power unit No. 6 continues to work in the Ukrainian power system and at the same time feeds the ZNPP's own needs. The staff of the station is doing everything possible to eliminate damage to its infrastructure.
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We will remind that on August 25, Energoatom reported that the Russian occupiersachieved a complete disconnection of the Zaporizhzhya NPP from the power griddue to damage to the power grids. The next day, Ukrainian energy workers managed to start up two power units and restore the flow of electricity to Ukraine's energy systems.
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Earlier, Ukrainian experts warned , that depriving the nuclear plant of regular power would make it impossible to cool the nuclear fuel and will lead to the release of radioactive substances, as happened at the Japanese nuclear power plant “Fukushima-1”.
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