Posted on 03/09/2022 8:03:04 AM PST by Morgana
Ukraine’s closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been disconnected from the nation’s power grid by Russian forces, Ukraine’s state-owned grid operator Ukrenergo said Wednesday, potentially jeopardizing the cooling of nuclear material still stored at the site.
“Because of military actions of Russian occupiers the nuclear power plant in Chornobyl was fully disconnected from the power grid. The nuclear station has no power supply,” Ukrenergo said in a statement on its official Telegram page, using Ukraine’s spelling for the plant.
Electricity is needed for cooling, ventilation and fire extinguishing systems at the closed site. In a statement on its Facebook page, Ukrenergo also said emergency diesel generators have been turned on but that fuel would last for only 48 hours.
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I think it means disconnected from INBOUND power used for cooling spent fuel? As all four of the reactors have been shut down. It’s a Wash Post article so the author is probably not too intelligent.
All of the plants at the Chernobyl site have been shut down for more than 20 years. This must be in relation to spent fuel.
Nuclear power is the most insane thing human kind has ever done. You can’t just turn it off and walk away.
Multiple units.
The cowboys never had the benefit of training that’s standard now. After TMI nuclear power plants were required to have simulators with control rooms that were identical to the actual control room.
That means an instructor can run an exercise you wouldn’t do on an actual operating plant.
The cowboys had something on their hands they weren’t trained for.
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