Another nuclear unit came out of scheduled repair ahead of schedule

On Friday, August 23, another nuclear unit came out of scheduled maintenance in Ukraine ahead of schedule.

This was reported to the Ministry of Energy.

It is indicated that the connection of the nuclear unit will help balance the country's power system and avoid blackouts.

«Today, a nuclear unit was connected to the power system, which will add 1,000 MW of power and stability to the power system and will allow not to apply power supply restrictions for consumers,» the message says.

We will remind that on July 17, the scheduled repair of the power unit at one of the nuclear power plants of Ukraine was completed ahead of schedule. It was connected to the power system.

It was previously reported that on the night of July 16, equipment failure occurred at one of the energy facilities, due to which the energy deficit in the system increased, as reported by Ukrenergo.

After that, social networks began to spread information that one of the power units was disconnected after the accident at the PANPP.

In response to the question of whether an energy facility breakdown really occurred at the station, the South Ukrainian NPP commented in a comment to NikVesti that according to the laws of Ukraine «On the Legal Regime of Martial Law» dated March 26, 2022, they cannot provide an official comment on this situation. However, nuclear scientists assured that the power complex is working normally.

At the same time, Oleksandr Kharchenko, director of the Energy Research Center, said that two current transformers burned down at the South Ukrainian NPP, on July 18, a power transformer burned down.

It will be recalled that before the start of the full-scale invasion, 15 nuclear power units were operating in Ukraine, of which 9 units are now in the controlled territory at the South Ukrainian (three units), Khmelnytskyi (two units), and Rivne (four units) NPPs. Another six units are located at the Zaporizhzhia NPP, which is occupied by the Russian army.