Zaporozhye NPP. File photoSIMFEROPOL, Aug 8Two power units of the Zaporizhzhya NPP are not operating at full capacity after the shelling of the territory of the station by Ukrainian troops, said the head of the administration of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel. «The station is in normal mode, two reactors are not operating at full capacity, today they are controlled by Russian structures in cooperation with the station workers,» he said. Balitsky stressed that the regional authorities insist on the arrival of the IAEA and UN delegation to the station to inspect it and record the facts and the direction of the shelling. On Friday, Ukrainian troops launched artillery strikes on the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, firing 20 shells of 152 mm caliber. As a result of the attack, a water pipeline caught fire, which was quickly extinguished by emergency services. Part of the equipment of power unit No. 3 was de-energized at the nuclear power plant, the generated power of power unit No. 4 was reduced. concern in connection with the shelling. In addition, as reported by the Energodar authorities, on Sunday night, Ukrainian troops attacked the station from the Uragan MLRS. Fragments and a rocket engine fell about 400 meters from the operating power unit. Zaporozhye NPP is located on the left bank of the Dnieper. This is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe in terms of the number of units and installed capacity. The station has six VVER-1000 reactors, each with a capacity of one gigawatt. During 1984-1987, the first four power units were put into operation, the fifth in 1989, the sixth power unit, fully ready for launch by 1990, was put into operation in 1996. by the operator.
