Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant loses power after Russian bombing | World | News
According to Ukrainian officials, Ukraine’s Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was dark after the Russian bombardment targeting a power network in the north of the country. The incident occurred after the bombing of an energy facility in Slavutech after being bombed by Russia on Wednesday, as specified by the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy.
The Ministry revealed that an important facility, which covers the fourth reactor unit of the facility and prevents the release of radioactive substances, is now weak. “As a result of voltage increases, the new safe imprisonment, an important facility that isolate the fourth power unit of Chernobyl NPP and prevents the release of radioactive materials to the environment, was left without a power supply.”
In February, a drone, equipped with a war title, hit the protective outer shell of the plant, created a hole in the structure, and briefly ignited a fire. Ukraine, Moscow’s rejection of the claim, pointed to Russia for the attack. Ukraine comes as Russia on the verge of news because it is afraid of ‘economic collapse’ after hitting oil refineries.
At that time, the UN International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that radiation levels did not increase. The facility removed from the service is the place of the most disastrous nuclear accident in the world.
In 1986, the Chernobyl disaster claimed the lives of at least 30 people, and the radioactive sprinkle spread to most of the northern hemisphere. Since Russia’s war in Ukraine began in 2022, wars around nuclear power plants have created a fear of nuclear disaster.
Europe’s largest nuclear facility in Zaporizhzhia hit drone attacks during the conflict without major damage.
The concerns about the security of the facility reappeared this week after being broken from external electrical materials on 23 September.
This represents the most expanded power segment of the facility since hostility.
The Zaporizhzhia installation, which was seized by Russian troops in the early stages of the war, no longer feeds electricity to the national network, but continues to require power to cool the six sleep reactor and stored nuclear fuel.
Emergency backup generators are currently protecting critical systems.
Rafael Grossi, General Manager of International Atomic Energy Agency, stressed that it is very important to reconstruct reliable external power supplies.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described conditions as “critical” and said that emergency systems were not designed for long -term operation.
