The South Ukraine NPP concluded an agreement on the construction of engineering protection for almost ₴600 million

Southern Ukrainian nuclear power plant, photo from open sources

On October 2, the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant concluded an agreement for the construction of engineering protection of critical elements of the plant for 595 million hryvnias.

The contract with PJSC Yuzhenergobud was concluded without holding open tenders. This is evidenced by the data in the Prozorro system.

According to the terms of the contract, the work must be completed by December 25, 2025. The terms of the contract are hidden due to the martial law.

According to the analytical system YouControl, PJSC Yuzhenergobud is registered in Yuzhnoukrainsk, the company's beneficiary is Matvii Yasenytskyi.

Earlier, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported on the flights of Russian drones near the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant. In the IAEA report for September 19, it is reported that similar cases were recorded three times during the week.

The accident at the South Ukraine NPP in July

On the night of July 16, an equipment failure occurred at one of the energy facilities, as a result of 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 South Ukrainian NPP.

In response to the question of whether there was a breakdown of the energy facility at the station, the South Ukrainian NPP in the comment NikVesti stated that according to the laws of Ukraine «On the legal regime of martial law» 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 three current transformers burned down at the South Ukraine NPP in three days.

However, during the meeting of the Council on July 19, Minister of Energy Herman Halushchenko called the information about burnt transformers untrue and a Russian narrative.

On July 25, in response to an information request, NEC «Ukrenergo» officially confirmed that on July 15, current transformers burned down at the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant.

Later, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also confirmed the failure of equipment at the South Ukrainian NPP.

During his visit to Mykolaiv, Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Galushchenko denied the accident at the South Ukrainian NPP, calling it a lie and manipulation. He stated that there was an exclusively operational event at the station that did not pose a threat.

In addition, sources in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine confirmed to NV that on the night of July 16, the PANP reactors did not work for almost half a day due to the breakdown of two high-voltage transformers.

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 ZaNPP occupied by the Russian army.