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Radioactive
waste at the nuclear power plant near St Petersburg
The
accident at the plant near St. Petersburg: there was a radioactive
release. Cloud heading to Estonia and Finland
19
December, 2015
In
Russia at the Leningrad nuclear power plant (LNPP) unit on the second
accident. In the turbine hall of cracked pipe with the steam. He
filled the room and went outside the plant.As reported on Friday,
December 18, the «Echo of Moscow», witnesses posted online photos
of clouds over Pine forest.
Employees
SELA go home. The second unit was stopped manually. According to
experts, the discharge was radioactive, as in the so-called cooling
circuit of the reactor receives the exhaust steam.
East
the wind blew the cloud towards Estonia and Finland.
Now
on the Leningrad atomic power station has three units.
Director
of Leningrad NPP Vladimir Pereguda argues that the
situation in the station area is calm. In turn, the head of the city
administration of Sosnovy Bor Vladimir Sadovsky in a
video message, urged people not to panic.
On
SELA also created the Commission, which is investigating the causes
of accidents. The resumption of unit operation this weekend is
unlikely, noted in a press-service of the Leningrad NPP, according to
RBC.
The
Governor of Leningrad region Aleksandr Drozdenko said
that the reason for panic no, passes «Fontanka». «The station
works in a regular mode», — he stressed.
Portal
47news.ru with reference to local residents writes that workers of
the day shift the power plant was allowed to go home.
Leningrad
NPP is situated 80 kilometers from St. Petersburg, on the Gulf of
Finland. It is considered one of the largest power producers in
Northwest Russia.
Near
St. Petersburg an accident at the Leningrad nuclear power plant
(LNPP). Because of a broken pipe with steam was stopped by unit N2,
said on the website of the city of Sosnovy Bor. Citizens of Leningrad
watch «the Apocalypse», but environmentalists think, could be
radioactive steam. At the station there was a break of a pipe with
hot steam. White smoke over the station managed to film the witnesses
photos appeared on a social network «Vkontakte». Industrial space
second unit also was filled with hot steam. Because of this, workers
had to go home.
It
was decided to stop the unit. «Being rachelaziani block in order to
eliminate the defect,» reads the statement of Director of Leningrad
NPP Vladimir Nikolai, which is available on the website of the
station. At SELA created the Commission, which is investigating the
causes of the formation of steam in the factory building, reports
«Interfax».As a result of the incident injured one employee who was
brought to the hospital with a hypertensive crisis. Environmentalists
immediately cared what happened. The fact that LAES are Soviet
reactors that are of type «single». This means that the vapor
passing through the reactor core, is fed to the turbine, and then
condenses and flows back into the system, where it is heated.
«Single-loop station, which means that all the steam on her
radioactive,» said Chairman of the Board of the ecological
organization «Green World» Oleg Bodrov (his words leads 47news).
In
a press-service of Leningrad NPP such concerns are rejected, stating
that the radiation dosimetry and the situation remains normal.
According to representatives of the station, the other departments
work in normal mode, there are three units. The Director of the
Department of information and public relations «Concern
Rosenergoatom» Andrei Tumanov also confirmed «Radio Baltika», the
danger of infection no. The Committee on natural resources «Fontanka»
told that the radiation background in Petersburg is within the
natural. In Hydrometeorological centre of St. Petersburg reported
that during the accident at Leningrad NPP in the city and region had
prevailing East wind.
This
means that a possible release could carry in the direction of Estonia
and Finland. In the Department of environment of the government of
Estonia indicated that the radiation background, including border
areas, remained normal. The same is stated in Finland. «In case of
any changes to the automatic monitoring system will track them,»
informs «Fontanka.fi». The head of the city administration of
Sosnovy Bor Vladimir Sadovsky in a video message urged people not to
panic. Meanwhile, in the «Pine forest» in social network
«Vkontakte» people sneer at the rumors about the infection,
jokingly rejoicing profit selling iodine pharmacists, and encouraging
each other rather to escape from the danger one.
Leningrad
NPP is located in the town of Sosnovy Bor, 80 km West of St.
Petersburg, on the Gulf of Finland. NPP operates 4 power unit type
RBMK reactors with a capacity of 1 thousand MW each. The station is
one of the largest power producers in Northwest Russia. Near St.
Petersburg the accident occurred at the nuclear power plant: may have
leaked radioactive steam 19.12.2015
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