Saturday 17 January 2015

Fire at Ukrainian nuclear plant

I have been alerted to this (unconfirmed)

There seems to be only one reference to this.

What could possibly go wrong?!

Strong fire at transformer of Yuzhnoukrainsk Nuclear Power Pant



Strong fire at transformer of Yuzhnoukrainsk Nuclear Power Plant liveuamap.com/en/2015/15-jan… #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/lT3puZVevK via @tombreadley

Strong fire at transformer of Yuzhnoukrainsk Nuclear Power Plant. Extinguished for now - Ukraine map liveuamap.com  Russian invasion, Elections In Ukraine, Fresh news from Ukraine on the map, event of summer 2014, war between Russia and Ukraine, beginning of Third World War. 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine



Heavy fire at Yuzhno-Ukrainskaya power plant



16.01.2015 – 16:56

Heavy fire at Yuzhno-Ukrainskaya power plant — the transformer near power units ignited. 

The fire could be seen even from the town. Glow was seen over the power plant and fire alarm was heard meters away.

Tonight at 22:04 on the territory of «Yuzhno-Ukrainskaya AES» power plant inside a transformer started a fire. The outbreak was extinguished within an hour at 23:40. This was reported by press-service of the power plant in Nikolayev region.

According to radiation control conducted just after the area radiation background does not exceed normal values. Special expert team is working on the fire site to determine the cause and aftermath of fire.

As reported by press-service an emergency call was registered at local fire-rescue service at 22:40. When emergency team arrived duty shift staff of the power plant switched the transformer off. The fire was extinguished with foam cannons. 16 equipment units and 125 fire-fighters were involved in the process.

Short circuit was called the preliminary cause why the transformer caught fire. Nuclear reactor haven’t stopped and has been operating without
interruptions. In the town of Yuzhno-Ukrainsk there is no panic among residents.

As was reported before new Cabinet’s plan guided by Arseniy Yatsenyuk provides power augmentation for Yuzhno-Ukrainsk power plant in Nikolayev region.

http://rusvesna.su/english/1421416604




No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.