IAEA confirms temporary shutdown of South Ukrainian NPP unit
Kyiv • UNN
The IAEA recorded a short-term outage at the second unit of the South Ukrainian NPP. The short circuit damaged the insulator, causing a leak and fire of oil, but the reactor was restarted in 17 hours.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed the temporary suspension of one of the power units at the South Ukrainian NPP last week. UNN reports with reference to the IAEA press service.
Last week, the IAEA team at the South Ukrainian NPP reported that its second unit was temporarily shut down after electrical protections were tripped due to a problem with a transformer in a 330 kV open switchgear located off-site
A short circuit reportedly damaged the ceramic insulator, causing a leak and fire of lubricating oil. After the electrical connection was restored, the reactor was restarted and began supplying electricity to the grid in about 17 hours, reaching full capacity in just over 24 hours after the shutdown, the IAEA added.
Context
Director of the Energy Research Center Oleksandr Kharchenko statedthat three current transformers burned down at the South Ukrainian NPP in three days.
In response , Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Mykola Kolisnyk called the information about the burned transformers at the South Ukrainian NPP an ISDS that plays into the hands of the enemy
Later, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine emphasized that all Ukrainian nuclear power plants were operating normally. However, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak, who received a response from Ukrenergo, said that an accident had recently occurred at the South Ukrainian NPP.
