Rada confirms accident at Pivdennoukrayinska NPP - media

Rada confirms accident at Pivdennoukrayinska NPP - media

NV’s interlocutors in the Verkhovna Rada confirm that on the night of July 16, the reactors of the Pivdennoukrayinska Nuclear Power Plant were not operating for almost half a day: two transformers failed.

This is discussed in the relevant publication material.

“NV Business spoke with several government representatives in parliament, and with a source in the energy industry. Everyone confirmed the fact of an accident of two transformers from July 15 to 16, which led to the cold mode (shutdown) of one of the nuclear reactors of the PNPP,” it says . in the material.

“Yes, indeed, the transformers failed. They burned out. This had a further effect, a unit with a capacity of 1 thousand MW was switched off unexpectedly. It was returned to the network within 24 hours. The main reason was the abnormal heat,” explained one of the editor’s interlocutors in the leadership of Servant of the People ". ".

An energy industry source said that at a nuclear power plant substation, oil tanks in two high-voltage transformers exploded due to overheating due to heat.

At the same time, this interlocutor pays tribute to the workers of Energoatom: during the day they promptly eliminated the consequences of the accident.

The source estimates the scale of the accident to be three to four points on a scale of ten and calls it a “technically ordinary situation.”

The editors of the publication also contacted the Center for Strategic Communications. They noted that they denied the situation, guided by information from Energoatom and Minister Halushchenko.

The press service of the Ministry of Energy did not respond to NV’s request.