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Pursuant to SNRIU instructions, Energoatom issued an ordinance to transfer Zaporizhzhya NPP unit 5 to a "cold shutdown" state

Given the nuclear and radiation safety risks arising after Kakhovka HPP destruction, this is the safest state for a nuclear reactor.

That is why the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine issued the relevant ordinance on June 8, 2023, while SE "NNEGC "Energoatom" and the legitimate, Ukrainian, ZNPP management began its immediate execution.

The adopted decision was caused by the impossibility of eliminating the violations of nuclear and radiation safety requirements found at the power plant occupied by the ruscists.

According to Energoatom CEO, there is currently no direct threat to ZNPP due to the breach of Kakhovka HPP dam. The major threat is that the ruscists are still at the power plant and can commit any other crime by their actions to significantly worsen the situation.

In particular, the following factors are taken into account:

  • experts calculated the drawdown of Kakhovka reservoir a few days after the russian occupationists blew up Kakhovka HPP;
  • continuation of their periodic shelling of ZNPP industrial site and adjacent territories, due to which the overhead lines linking the power plant to the energy system of Ukraine are damaged;
  • termination of data transmission from ZNPP Automated Radiation Situation Monitoring System (ARSMS) on May 17, 2023, i.e. lack of early warning;
  • degradation of the emergency response system at ZNPP site and beyond under the conditions of russia's temporary occupation of the power plant itself and part of Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions.

In case of non-fulfilment of the ordinance by ZNPP ruscist "controllers", their actions will be considered as a deliberate and purposeful violation of the rules of nuclear and radiation safety of ZNPP nuclear installation. And rosatom representatives, who are now allegedly "responsible" for the power plant, are exposed to criminal liability.

As a reminder: the operation of other ZNPP power units – No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 – is also limited by the "cold shutdown" state.

The restriction imposed today on Zaporizhzhya NPP unit No. 5 will remain in effect until the detected violations are eliminated.