Radiation levels remain within limits amid fire in Chernobyl zone - Ministry of Energy
Kyiv • UNN
Efforts to extinguish the fire in the Chernobyl zone are ongoing, but radiation levels do not exceed the norm. No power outage schedules will be applied today.
The radiation level, amid the ongoing fire in the Chornobyl exclusion zone, has not exceeded the average monthly values, the Ministry of Energy reported on Monday, UNN writes.
In the Chornobyl exclusion zone, efforts continue to extinguish a fire that broke out on May 7 on the territory of the Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve. The fire has been localized; SES rescuers, together with exclusion zone specialists, continue the cleanup operations. No exceedances of control gamma radiation levels have been recorded in the exclusion zone. The radiation level, compared to average monthly values, has not been exceeded
Enemy attacks
"As a result of hostilities, some consumers in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Sumy, Kherson, and Kharkiv regions remain temporarily without electricity supply," the report says.
Power engineers are working in an intensified mode to restore electricity supply to all subscribers as quickly as possible. Restoration work continues around the clock.
Will there be schedules
"The application of restrictions is not predicted today," the Ministry of Energy stated.
"Active energy consumption today should be shifted to daytime hours - from 10:00 to 16:00. During evening hours, we ask consumers to use electricity sparingly where possible - from 18:00 to 22:00. This helps reduce the load on the system," the ministry added.