The invaders fired at the Zaporizhzhya NPP again: rockets were hit by a platform near nuclear waste - Energoatom

“Yesterday, August 6, 2022, in the evening, Russian invaders once again carried out rocket shelling of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Station and Energodar. They hit the Playground directly near the stationary dry repository of waste nuclear fuel (SSYAP). Obviously, they kissed the containers of the VYAP, which are stored near the shelling. 174 containers, each of which has 24 collections of waste nuclear fuel, ”the message said.

Due to enemy rocket attacks, three radiation monitoring sensors were damaged around the SSWAP platform. Therefore, timely detection and response in case of deterioration of radiation or radiation leakage from the containers of waste nuclear fuel is not currently impossible, in Energoatoma. In addition, about 800 square meters were damaged due to many small fragments from the explosions. m of window surfaces in different buildings of the station.

As a result of the explosions, one employee of the OPP was taken to the city hospital. Energoatom noted that all Russian soldiers (about 500 people) who were in the NPP, as well as Rosatom staff were pre -hid in the bunker premises of the station crisis and the Center for Technical Support. The Russian military also fired near the territory of the building of building structures and on the water intake of the city of Energodar.

The state -owned enterprise emphasizes that the nuclear catastrophe has only been avoided with miracle and calls for urgent to remove Russian troops from the territory of a nuclear power plant and to install a demilitarized zone in the area of ​​the NPP. "It is urgent to put an end to the actions of Russian nuclear terrorists to protect Ukraine and the world from a nuclear catastrophe," Energoatom said.

The Kremlin propagandists with reference to the occupation power of Energodar have already accused Ukrainian troops of shelling of ZPP. According to the Russian media, the area of ​​storage of nuclear fuel was in the area of ​​the defeat, and fragments of the hurricane rocket fell 400 meters from the power unit. This is not the first shelling of nuclear power plants from Russian troops. On August 5, the occupiers fired at the power plant twice a day.

At the same time the Russians accused the shelling of the Armed Forces. The puppet of the Russian Federation Claborator Yevgeny Balitsky, illegally appointed by the occupiers of the head of the Zaporizhzhya regional occupation administration, said that Ukrainian troops "decided to put the whole of Europe on the border of a nuclear catastrophe, firing NPPs. " Russian shelling caused a fire at the NPP water station.

In addition, due to damage to power lines, the 4th NPP power unit was disconnected from the power system and transferred to the reserve. Energoatom stated that the Russian soldiers carry out artillery shelling of Zaporizhzhya NPP, because they want to destroy its infrastructure and disconnect it from the power system of Ukraine to deactivate the South.

The CEO of the International Atomic Energy Agency Agency Rafael Grossi called for the IAEA mission to allow the Zaporizhzhya NPP after her shelling by Russian troops. Russian nuclear terrorism: that is happening at the occupied Zaporizhzhya NPP, Russian invaders seized the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the Zaporozhye NPP at the beginning of a full -scale war, March 4. The buildings of the ZPE were damaged by Russian shelling in several places, and the staff of the station were hostage.

At the end of April, the NPP completely resumed its work, although the Russian regime is trying to get full control over the station, attracting its specialists. The Kremlin uses the Zaporozhye NPP to cover its military equipment because the Armed Forces cannot open fire in the area of ​​the power plant, as well as for pressure on Ukraine and the world, threatening a nuclear disaster. Russian troops have equipped fire positions for the ZPP and fired from there Ukrainian cities.