Nuclear physicist Andrei Ozharovsky in an interview with Reedus commented The alarming statement by Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), about the drop in the water level to cool the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant after the explosion of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. According to him, the risks of loss of cooling of nuclear reactors are exaggerated.
“ZNPP no longer produces electricity. The first two reactors, which were shut down over a year ago, are now very cold. The rest were discontinued a few months ago – they have decaying heats. This means that the need for cooling in the station is minimal. “If the facility was operating, this event would have been important from a safety point of view,” he said.
expert explained.
He added that when the Kakhovka reservoir is flooded, the level of the ZNPP cooling pool may drop, but not immediately. Ozharovsky noted that this means that there is time to assess the situation and take some steps, for example, to organize the pumping of water from the Dnieper.
On the night of June 6, the upper part of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station in the Kherson region was destroyed. Dozens of settlements began to flood, including Kherson and New Kakhovka. Details – in the material “socialbites.ca”.