According to the operating company, two of the six reactors of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant are back on the Ukrainian grid. According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine and large parts of Europe have narrowly escaped nuclear disaster. Europe’s largest nuclear power plant at Zaporizhzhya in southeastern Ukraine was disconnected from the grid for several hours, which could have led to a supermeltdown, Zelensky said. The technicians at the nuclear power plant would have reacted correctly.
Zelenskyy accused the Russian fire of cutting power lines. The situation seemed to calm down on Friday. According to the Ukrainian state-owned company Energoatom, two of the reactors have returned to the Ukrainian grid and have built up capacity.
Shelling started burning
According to Energoatom, all six reactors of the power plant were initially cut off from the Ukrainian electricity grid on Friday morning. Zelenskyj cited fires near the power plant as the reason for this after a Russian shell fire. A representative from Russia blamed Ukraine for the incident. Zelenskyy praised the Ukrainian engineers who used diesel generators to power the reactors and ensure that the refrigeration and other safety systems remained operational. “If our people had not reacted to the blackout in this way, we would have had to bear the consequences of a radioactive accident,” he said Thursday evening.
In a video address on Saturday night, Selenskyj warned of further emergencies: “I would like to emphasize that the situation is still precarious and dangerous.” Should there be another power outage, it would “bring the power plant back to the brink of disaster. Again he called for a speedy visit by international experts and for the withdrawal of Russian troops from the nuclear plant site, which they had been operating since March. occupy.
The nuclear power plant has been occupied by Russian troops since March but is still operated by Ukrainian engineers. “Russia has put Ukraine and all Europeans in a situation that is one step away from a nuclear disaster,” Zelenskyy said. “Every minute Russian troops stay in the nuclear power plant is a risk of global nuclear catastrophe.” The facility has come under fire several times in recent weeks. Russia and Ukraine blame each other for this.
Russia pledges IAEA inspection
Vladimir Rogov, a Russian-appointed official in the occupied city of Enerhodar near the power plant, blamed Ukrainian forces for the latest incident. They started a fire in a forest near the power plant. Towns in the area were without power for several hours, Rogov wrote on Telegram. Like Zelenskyy, Western states are also demanding that Russia return control of the nuclear power plant to Ukraine, which the government in Moscow rejects. In addition, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will inspect the reactors, which Russia has promised.
A million tons of food exported
In his speech on Friday evening, Zelenskyj was also able to announce more positive things: pSince the conclusion of an agreement between Turkey and the UN, Ukraine has been able to export one million tons of agricultural products through the ports of the Black Sea. 44 ships left for 15 countries, says Zelenskyj. His government’s goal is to export three million tons per month.
Source: Krone
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