One of the reactors at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant was
automatically shut down after a glitch. This was the second halt in
operations in recent weeks at the plant in Ukraine’s southeast, which
covers at least one fifth of the country’s power needs.
“Unit 6 at Zaporizhzhya NPP was disconnected from the network by
the automatic system that prevents damage to the generator. The reactor
is running at 40 percent of nominal power,” the plant’s official
website says stressing that radiation at the facility is equal to the
natural background, which is 8-12 microroentgen/hour.
This accident took place on Sunday morning at 05:59 am local time
(03:59 GMT). Causes are still being investigated, while the Energy
Ministry hopes to restart the unit in the coming days. The remaining
five reactors continue to generate an estimated 4,530 MW.
Late on Sunday, the problem had been fixed and the power plant’s
sixth power block had been plugged back into the network, the plant said
on its website.
“Unit №6 was plugged back in after an error was corrected…At this moment all six power blocks are working,” the statement said.
The previous incident at Zaporizhia NPP happened on November 28, but
the fact went public five days later, when Ukraine’s Prime Minister
Arseny Yatsenyuk revealed it during the first session of his new
cabinet.
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