Bored water leaked from the coolant of the first circuit of the fifth power unit at the Zaporizhzhya NPP temporarily occupied by the Russians.
What the IAEA found at the ZNPP
According to their information, the experts were informed that boron was found in the secondary cooling circuit of one of the steam generators of reactor unit No. 5, which is currently in a "hot shutdown" state.
Bored water is used in the primary heat carrier to maintain nuclear safety, the report says.
Nevertheless, after the inspection, it was found that the boron content in the second cooling circuit remained within the normal range, and no radioactivity was detected there.
The Russians responded by continuing to keep Unit 5 in "hot shutdown" mode, which "will be reassessed after all the boilers used for heating in the nearby city of Energodar start operating."
What is the situation at the ZNPP
Other violations of operating rules worsen the situation at the station. In particular, we are talking about recent attempts to transfer power units of the Zaporizhzhya NPP from a safe "cold" state to a "hot" one, which increases the probability of a radiation accident.
On November 16, "Energoatom" announced that, as a result of the actions of the interventionists at the 5th power unit, the leakage of reagents from the first circuit to the second continues at the ZNPP.
We want to add that on November 14, a partial blackout occurred at the station — power unit No. 6 of the ZNPP was de-energized, and then diesel generators and security systems were started. The unit was in this mode for 90 minutes.
Earlier, the Ministry of Energy reported that the situation at the ZNPP was deteriorating. As Minister Herman Galushchenko said, the station has not been working for over a year.
