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1/2: #Ukraine: Cold shutdown of #4 and hot shutdown of #6. & What is to be done? Henry Sokolski, NPEC

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🗓️ 12 August 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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1/2: #Ukraine: Cold shutdown of #4 and hot shutdown of #6. & What is to be done? Henry Sokolski, NPEC
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kyiv-says-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-switched-reserve-power-line-2023-08-10/

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0:42.1

Zapperecia Nuclear Power Plant, the largest in Europe, six containment vessels,

0:47.1

in the part of Ukraine that is under severe strain from attacks by the Russians

0:54.6

and attacks by the Ukrainians. This is Zapperecia Oblast, Eastern Ukraine. I welcome Henry

1:01.1

Sikolsky, the Executive Director of the Non-Proliferation Policy Education Center to help

1:07.5

me with the technical details of what is reported to be serial anomalies at the plant in these last

1:13.5

hours that suggests instability or at the very worst bad maintenance by what we're told is a

1:22.0

crew of Russ Adam, that's the Russian nuclear energy unit, and complaints by the

1:29.6

Energo Adam, that's the Ukrainian nuclear energy unit, cross blame. Henry, a very good even to you.

1:37.3

There are three different matters to deal with. One is power line from the outside. Another is

1:43.3

number four that has been in hot shutdown to provide power. Another is number six that is

1:50.6

recommended to go from cold shutdown to hot shutdown. This is a lot of technical language,

1:55.1

so I begin with the power line. The news from Ukraine, from Kiev, Russian is not giving us news.

2:02.6

Last night, the temporarily occupied Zapperecia Nuclear Power Plant managed to

2:08.8

connect 750 kilowatts to the main overhead power line. The reason for the disconnection,

2:15.5

which was reported 24 hours ago, was a wire break as a result of enemy shelling.

2:21.8

The damage was located several kilometers from the plant. Henry, we're talking about a power line

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