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Will Putin's troops cause another Chernobyl disaster? Russian-held nuclear plant is cut off from Ukraine's power grid due to nearby FIRE – risking cooling system failure
2022-08-26
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was today disconnected from the national power grid

  • State operator Energoatom said the plant was severed from the national network

  • The three other power lines 'were earlier damaged during terrorist attacks' by Russian forces
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  The reactor core can take days to cool down from operating temperatures. Power for the cooling pumps to circulate cooling fluid is vital during that period.
Posted by: magpie   2022-08-26 13:28  

#4  Isn't it possible to shut down the turbines without shutting down the reactor?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-08-26 12:41  

#3  Understood and I don't believe they would intentionally damage the facility itself (or will they..).

Whoever is disconnecting it from the grid would have to make certain that, during the transition to the Crimea lines, there's somewhere for the excess electrons being generated to go.

Just because the Russians built it 20-30 years ago does not mean that their current best and brightest will be doing the powerline transfer work.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2022-08-26 12:39  

#2  @Mullah Richard

Russians (soviets) built Zaporizhzhia, they have the know how, it makes little sense for russia to damage it, and are said to be connecting it to their power grid in Crimea.
Posted by: mossomo   2022-08-26 12:00  

#1  I hope the Russians understand that those electrons being produced have to go somewhere.

Large electrical production facilities in the west have devices called 'load banks' that can absorb the excess power if something happens down the line. Don't know if that's the case here, though. And if they do have those, where are they located, upstream from where they disconnected (good), or downstream (very bad).
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2022-08-26 08:44  

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