The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant changed hands during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which had been going on for 2 weeks without interruption, and the power plant, which was under the control of Ukraine before the war broke out, passed under the auspices of Russia. In the last statements made after this situation, it was understood that there were some oddities in Chernobyl, and it was reported that the data transfer system, which works automatically in order to make observations at the switchboard where the communication was interrupted, had not transferred any data for a while.
However, it was stated that there were 210 employees at the power plant and no news could be received from these employees. According to the latest statements from the company, as a result of the hostile actions of the Russian invaders, the electricity was completely cut off in Chernobyl. The power cut first brought to mind the question of whether there would be radioactive leakage from the power plant.
Conflict in the region makes repair works impossible
In the statement, it was reported that the electricity at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was completely disabled. it is impossible to carry out any repair work for its re-start; However, it was stated that the situation was monitored by Ukraine and information would be given about the developments.
On the other hand, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba, who stated that the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which is under the control of the Russian army, and the only electricity network that supplies resources to all nuclear facilities in the region, were damaged, and said, “The international community calls for an urgent ceasefire from Russia and to reduce the electricity supply. I urge you to allow repair work to fix it.” conveyed in the form.
Underlining that the backup generators in Chernobyl have only 48 hours of capacity, Kuleba said, “After this time, the cooling systems of the storage facility for spent nuclear fuel will stop and radiation leaks will become inevitable. Putin ‘s barbaric war puts the whole of Europe in danger. This must be stopped immediately.” used the expressions.
However, Ukraine’s state-run nuclear company Energoatom also warned that radioactive leakage could occur at Chernobyl due to the power outage. In the statement made by the International Atomic Energy Agency on the subject, it was noted that the nuclear power plant is safe for now.
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