The disconnection of the block has been carried out due to the continuous attacks suffered by the largest power plant in Europe. On Friday, the director general of the International Nuclear Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, warned of the possibility of an accident.
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The Russian authorities that control the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine They stopped this Sunday the last reactor that continued to operate in this energy facility due to the persistence of attacks against the plant.
“The reactor was stopped, at the moment work is being carried out to cool it down,” Renat Karchaa, adviser to the Russian Rosenergoatom consortium, told the Russian agency Interfax. According to the specialist, the disconnection of the block has been carried out in a safe regime around 04:00 Moscow time (01:00 GMT).
Karchaa previously warned that this step is not an absolute guarantee against a nuclear accident if artillery attacks continue, for which he blamed the Ukrainian Army. For its part, Ukraine to Russia of being behind the attacks.
The Director General of the International Nuclear Energy Agency (IAEA), Raphael Grossiwarned on Friday about the chance of an accident after a bombardment that cut the external electrical connection with the plant, the largest of its kind in Europe.
The Russian army has occupied the Zaporizhia plant since March 4, with six reactors and some 10,000 employees, and Ukraine and Russia have been accusing each other of the attacks around the plant for months.
Source: Eitb
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