The government agency reported that five firefighters must be involved to put out the fire.
On the evening of December 31, a block transformer of power unit 3 caught fire at the Rostov nuclear power plant. This was reported on the official website of the Russian state company Rosatom.
The source claims that planned repairs were underway at the facility at the time of the incident. Press service of the institution reported that one power plant worker died in the fire and another nuclear power plant worker was taken to hospital.
Andrey Salnikov, the director of the power station, will oversee the investigation of the incident. It was also noted that assistance will be provided to the families of those who lost their lives in the fire.
“There are no violations of the boundaries and conditions for the safe operation of the equipment. The radiation background in the nuclear power plant and in the area in which it is located is unchanged, at a level corresponding to normal operation and does not exceed the natural background values, ”says Rosatom.
Russian journalists managed to contact the information and public relations department of the Rostov NGS to get comments on the state of health of the injured worker.
“A large percentage of skin lesions, a serious condition. It will be decided in the morning whether to be transplanted, doctors will decide,” the ministry told media representatives.
Recall that on December 30, explosions were heard on the territory of the Zaporizhzhya NPP. IAEA representatives reported damage to the last backup power line feeding the station.
Focus He also wrote that personnel at the Belarusian nuclear power plant may be exposed to radiation. Belarusian journalists learned about this due to an error in the operation of the Belarusian system of electronic appeals to the State Services.
Source: Focus
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