Off of the main circulation pump happened on Saturday at the first power of the largest power facility in the Ukraine - Zaporizhzhya NPP, informs " Energoatom ".

"On the eighteenth of July 2015 in 17 hours 36 minutes (time coincides with MSK - ed.) at unit? 1 was an automatic RCP? 2 (main circulation pump). Of cause automatics are being investigated, " - said in the report.

The unit unloaded in Accordance with the technological regulations to 67% of the thermal power or 550 MW electric.

according to the information of "Energoatom" on July 18 at the Zaporizhzhya NPP are in operation in five units, comments on the work of the main equipment of existing units and there are no employees. The total capacity of the generators is 4, 4 thousand MW.

The radiation background in the area of the nuclear power plant corresponds to natural values, and on 18 July 8-12 micro-roentgen/hour. Intake of radioactive substances into the environment do not exceed the established admissible values, informs the Company.

Zaporizhzhya NPP is the largest energy facility in Ukraine and Europe with an installed capacity of 6,000 MW, the station operated six units with a capacity of 1 million kW each.

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