MOSCOW, June 6 The heat removal system at the Zaporizhzhya NPP can be replenished both with water from the Kakhovka reservoir and with alternative sources, director of the plant Yury said on his Telegram channel Chernichuk.
Earlier it was reported that the upper part of the hydroelectric power station was destroyed as a result of shelling last night, the dam of the Kakhovka reservoir itself was not destroyed. The strike by Ukrainian troops on the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was allegedly delivered from the MLRS «Alder». There is an unregulated discharge of water. There is no need to evacuate the population yet.
“A dam has collapsed at the Kakhovskaya HPP. At the moment, there is no threat to the safety of the Zaporizhzhya NPP … The situation is controlled by the personnel of the nuclear power plant,” the message says.
in cold stop mode, one in hot stop mode. The water level in the cooling pond has not changed and is 16.67 meters, the report says.
“The water cooling the spent nuclear fuel pools is a closed circuit that has no contact with the environment and the water of the Kakhovka reservoir. The system for removing heat to the final sink can be replenished both with water from the Kakhovka reservoir and several alternative sources,” the director explained Zaporozhye NPP Yuriy Chernichuk.
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