Ukrainian energy solved the problem at the Zaporizhzhya NPP and hooked the sixth Unit to the network, they say.

The power unit? 6 Zaporizhzhya NPP was shut off in the morning on Sunday due to tripping of protection from internal damage to the generator. The press Secretary of the NPP reported that this situation is not beyond the powers of normal operating practices " and " has a zero level on the international scale events at nuclear power plants ".

" (Sunday) December 28, 2014 at 22. 35 Unit? 6 Zaporizhzhya NPP after a fault is connected to the network. Recruiting power. In the current work, there are six units, according to the report.

according to the information commissioners NPP, background radiation at the site and within the sanitary protective area (the area around the plant with a radius of 2, 5 kilometers) is 8-12 micro-roentgen per hour, which corresponds to the natural radiation background.

the largest energy facility in Ukraine and Europe with an installed capacity of 6000 MW. In the last few years, the station produces about 50% of all electricity produced by nuclear power plants of Ukraine, and more than 22% of total electricity generation in the country.

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