A nuclear site always needs power to ensure optimal safety of the fuel assemblies stored on the site.
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Published on 03/14/2022 01:37 PM Updated on 03/14/2022 02:01 PM
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Another power outage. Ukraine accused the Russian army on Monday (March 14) of yet another power outage to the Chernobyl nuclear test site, located north of Kyiv and under Moscow’s control since the early days of the invasion of the country. So far, the Kremlin has not reacted to this accusation in any way. After Kiev announced the first blackout, Russia condemned the Ukrainian “provocation”.
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Ukrainian authorities said Sunday they had restored power to the old power plant, which still needs power to ensure optimum preservation of fuel assemblies stored on site. “But before the electricity supply was fully restored, the occupying forces damaged it again,” the Ukrainian operator of the Ukrenergo website said on Facebook.
Specifically, Ukrenergo claims that its specialists have repaired the high-voltage line that feeds the Chernobyl site and the city of Slavutych. This line is damaged again, according to this source, other employees will have to return to the site to “repair this new damage.” “A stable energy supply will prevent a repeat of the Chernobyl disaster,” Ukrenergo said.
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