Rosatom Warns of Extreme Danger as Strikes Damage Buildings, Waste Storage Areas and Power Infrastructure.

On Monday, Alexey Likhachev, the CEO of the Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom), denounced that the Ukrainian armed forces have been systematically shelling the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) for the past two weeks.

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“The plant is not a nuclear facility, so it is of no interest to the international community. At the same time, however, the safety of the nuclear power plant depends directly on the operational readiness of the equipment located on the ZNPP’s grounds. Specifically, we are talking about electrical equipment on the grounds that redirects electricity from the Ferrosplavnaya high-voltage lines to the ZNPP,” he said.

“Two weeks ago, due to constant Ukrainian shelling, a transformer that powered this equipment was damaged. And for two weeks now, emergency diesel generators have been maintaining the operational capability of these critically important systems,” Kikhachev stressed.

More specifically, on Oct. 5, the ZNPP administration reported that Ukrainian armed forces attacked the nuclear power plant’s facilities. Two drones struck the service and laboratory building adjacent to nuclear reactors 4 and 5. Two other drones caused structural damage to the roofs of the area where radioactive waste is stored and processed.

Although the Ukrainian drones caused no casualties and did not alter radiation levels, Rosatom warned of the extreme danger posed by the attacks, saying they could trigger a major environmental disaster. The proximity of the impacts to the reactors raised alarms within the corporation, which views the incursions as a direct threat to the integrity of the complex.

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Likhachev also denounced the constant attacks on the satellite city of Enerhodar, where a worker died during the shelling of a truck transporting food, and more than 100 social and commercial buildings have sustained significant damage.

The pressure on the town is affecting the civilian logistics on which the complex depends. The intensity of the attacks has deteriorated supplies and working conditions for plant personnel. Food supplies and the movement of operators have become targets of the hostilities.

The escalation also reached the power grid supporting. The attacks left the Zaporozhye thermal power plant with serious failures and vital transformers out of service. The cooling and safety systems of the reactors currently operate with emergency diesel generators, increasing the risk to regional energy security.

Dependence on diesel and damage to the transformers are leaving the Zaporozhye nuclear complex and its surroundings increasingly vulnerable, Rosatom warned, adding that any new impact on those areas would jeopardize the stability of the complex.

That vulnerability prompted formal efforts with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Rosatom requested an agreement on a temporary truce, or a “silence regime,” that would allow technical teams to safely repair the damaged electrical and thermal infrastructure.

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Sources: TASS – IAEA

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