Occupants put Zaporizhzhia NPP Unit 4 on "hot shutdown" - Energoatom
On July 24, at the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, power unit No. 4 was put on "hot shutdown" by order of the illegitimate management.
This was stated by "Energoatom", іnforms Censor.NЕТ.
Such actions of the occupiers are a gross violation of the requirements of the license to operate this nuclear facility. Now the operation of ZNPP Unit 4 should be carried out exclusively in a "cold shutdown" state, Energoatom noted.
Energoatom recalled that after Russia blew up the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant and the actual disappearance of the Kakhovka reservoir, there were real risks of insufficient cooling water supply to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. This blocks the ability of ZNPP to operate at capacity, and the Russian occupation administration of the plant and representatives of Rosatom are aware of this. This means that it is an undeniable risk to nuclear and radiation safety due to the long downtime of the power unit's equipment, lack of proper routine maintenance and repair of equipment.
Petro Kotin, President of Energoatom, addressed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, emphasizing the need to call on the IAEA to take measures to influence the occupation administration of ZNPP to put all power units of the plant into a "cold shutdown" state and to distribute a corresponding note among the Agency's member states.
