International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) employees were not allowed to enter the pressurized shells (HC) in the reactor compartment of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, as the HCs are normally sealed. Reported to this publication RBC Advisor to the General Manager of Rosenergoatom Renat Karchaa.
Each power unit of the station has a reactor and turbine compartment. The reactor compartment contains highly radioactive major technological equipment related to thermal energy production, and access there is limited, Karchaa said.
He noted that IAEA experts were given regular leave during the closure of the dams and the construction of the reactor section.
According to him, nuclear and radiation safety is the highest priority for Zaporizhia NPP, and the facility’s staff works strictly in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation.
“To date, all six MGs of the Zaporozhye NPP have been sealed after IAEA experts verified the nuclear materials in accordance with the requirements of regulatory documents. “In the ‘sealed’ mode, the admission of personnel to civil defense is prohibited and is carried out only on clear grounds and in emergency cases,” emphasized the advisor to the general director of Rosenergoatom.
At the end of December IAEA announced On the successful implementation of warranty checks at Ukrainian nuclear power plants.
Previously in Ukraine appreciated Consequences in case of an explosion at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.